The Federal Trade Commission warned Facebook that it must stick to its word about maintaining WhatsApp's privacy policies. If it goes back on the public statements both parties made when the $19 billion deal was announced in February, the FTC will come down hard, the agency said today.
Facebook has been slapped around for unilaterally changing its privacy policies for its social network as well as the companies it has purchased. The company is currently under a 20-year consent decree with the FTC for its privacy policies.
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