NAIH demands Facebook guarantees to protect users' privacy

Facebook must provide written guarantees that it would not disclose the transcripts of users' voice calls to third parties, or else Hungary's data protection authority (NAIH) will ban the service provider from doing so, NAIH chief Attila Peterfalvi told MTI on Thursday. Peterfalvi voiced his authority's appreciation that Facebook has recently suspended the evaluation of such transcripts, but added that the guarantees Facebook has so far undertaken did not provide sufficient protection. He also added that the NAIH would participate in an investigation conducted by its counterpart in Ireland, where Facebook has its European headquarters.