The European data protection authorities of the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) published their joint Opinion 02/2013 on apps on smart devices on 14 March 2013. The Opinion comes one month after the Dutch Data Protection Authority and the Canadian Office of the Privacy Commissioner published the results of their collaborative investigation into the processing of personal data by WhatsApp Inc. Because of the data protection risks of mobile apps, their widespread use, and their popularity among children, mobile apps remain a priority for the European data protection authorities.
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