"Users are asked to consent to the fact that access to their data was provided to other Facebook products," the deputy said.
He recalled that in 2014 the corporation acquired the messenger for $ 19 billion. Then, according to the parliamentarian, Facebook made a promise to WhatsApp users that "the data of the two applications will be stored separately."
The European Commission has studied the situation with the merger and concluded that the deal was legal, Eroglu added.
Taking this into account, Eroglu asked the representatives of the European Commission what measures the EU is taking against the background of the situation around the safety of personal information of users of the messenger.
In particular, the deputy asked whether the EU authorities responsible for ensuring data security are investigating the changes that WhatsApp has made to the terms of the user agreement.
He also turned to the EC with the question of whether they see opportunities to revise the decision on the legality of the merger of Facebook and WhatsApp in the event that the promise to keep the data separately was "a significant factor in approving the deal."
Earlier, WhatsApp updated the user agreement - it added a clause on the transfer of personal data of users of the messenger to Facebook.
As noted, the changes were to take effect on February 8th.
However, later it became known about the postponement of the introduction of innovations to May 15.