French regulator CNIL said on Wednesday it questioned Alpha
Exploration Co. Inc., the U.S. company behind the invite-only app, about the
measures taken for the app to comply with EU rules on March 12.
CNIL said the probe aims to confirm whether the EU’s General
Data Protection Regulation applies to Clubhouse, even though it has no
establishment in Europe. If so, the watchdog could make use of its sanctioning
powers, it said.
The probe follows concerns voiced by one of Germany’s most
outspoken data protection regulators last month. The Hamburg data regulator
asked the makers of the Clubhouse app for information about how they protect
the privacy of European users and their contacts.
Clubhouse users post off-the-cuff, informal conversations.
It has become a popular platform, with about 5 million users by the end of
January.
The French Competition Authority also announced Wednesday
that it is examining whether Apple applied less stringent rules to itself than
to other services.
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