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The watchdog said WhatsApp had violated its obligation to cooperate with CNIL and had not properly obtained users' consent to begin sharing their phone numbers with Facebook.
The lawsuit claims the firms obtained users' private information from the social network to develop "political propaganda campaigns" in the UK and the US.
But enough data was transferred for an attacker to have obtained users' email addresses, encrypted passwords and the random "salt" used to create those encrypted versions.
Already, the FTC has an investigation open into Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which a political consultancy firm tied to the Trump campaign obtained users' data without their permission.
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Now, Facebook will be requiring companies to certify that they obtained user consent to use the information in that specific way, according to a leaked email seen by TechCrunch.
JSC was the chief epidemiologist on the project and obtained user input and usage data on the application.
In 2014, though, Facebook began limiting third-party apps, like quizzes, from obtaining users' information.
In general, Facebook allows apps by third-party developers to obtain users' permission and access photos shared on their timeline.
"Absent such rules, there would be a serious risk that law enforcement could abuse its powers to obtain users' private information," they wrote.
Facebook would also be required to obtain users' consent before making a retroactive change to how it handled their data.
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