Launch of Facebook Dating feature postponed for data protection reasons
Facebook: No start of the dating service on Valentine's Day! – The most important thing at the beginning:
Irish data protection authority found out about the new Facebook service too late. This could not be sufficiently examined due to the short period of time. The launch of the service in Europe has now been postponed.
Planned “dating” – start for Valentine’s Day canceled
Facebook planned to launch the dating service in Europe from February 14th. The function has been running in the USA since September after a test phase.
However, following concerns from an Irish data protection officer, the launch must now be postponed. According to the authority, “Facebook Dating” has not been sufficiently checked with regard to data protection.
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Data protection check of the service was neglected
According to CNN, the Irish data protection authority IDPC only found out about the introduction of the new service on February 3rd. Since Facebook's European headquarters is based in Dublin, Ireland is in charge of monitoring Facebook and its innovations in this case.
Several media outlets report that Facebook failed to allow the data protection authority to examine the service. Officials have now carried out an inspection of Facebook in order to obtain relevant documents more quickly.
According to CNN, this is the first time such a search has been conducted at a tech company since the General Data Protection Regulation was introduced in 2018.
Facebook confirms postponement
Facebook wants to ensure that the product is ready for the European market.
“We have worked diligently to put in place strict security measures and shared this information with the IDPC prior to activation,” a company spokeswoman said.
Source: Spiegel.de
Article image: Facebook
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