European Union data protection authorities expressed serious concerns about WhatsApp's recent change in privacy policy and Yahoo's 2014 data breach. 'Yahoo was invited to provide information on the legal basis and the compatibility with EU law of any such activity,' the watchdogs said in a statement.

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Whatsapp has been questioned over of its sharing of information with parent company Facebook. The move was a subtle but significant shift for the messaging app, which has long promised to safeguard the privacy of more than one billion users around the world.

In September WhatsApp started 'coordinating' accounts with Facebook by sharing users' mobile phone numbers. The two share device information, such as the type of operating system and other smartphone characteristics. Facebook uses the phone number internally to better identify WhatsApp users on Facebook. This means it can recommend friends or show targeted advertising. The ads would come through a Facebook program called 'Custom Audiences'.

European Union data protection authorities expressed serious concerns about WhatsApp's recent change in privacy policy in which it would share users' phone numbers with Facebook. This was its first change in policy since Facebook bought the messaging service two years ago. The move was a subtle but significant shift for the messaging app, which had long promised to safeguard the privacy of more than one billion users around the world. WhatsApp has started 'coordinating' accounts with Facebook by sharing users' mobile phone numbers. They will also share device information, such as the type of operating system and other smartphone characteristics. Facebook uses the phone number internally to better identify WhatsApp users on Facebook.

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The authorities, known as the Article 29 Working Party, 'requested WhatsApp to communicate all relevant information to the Working Party as soon as possible and urged the company to pause the sharing of users' data until the appropriate legal protections could be assured.' A spokeswoman for WhatsApp said the company was working with data protection authorities to address their questions. 'We've had constructive conversations, including before our update, and we remain committed to respecting applicable law,' she said. In a report published last week, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger were declared the most secure messaging apps to use, according to a new report by Amnesty International. However, security experts dispute exactly how safe they are. The Amnesty ranked 11 companies that run the world's most popular messaging apps, including Skype, Snapchat and Facebook Messenger.

The human rights charity looked at how the firms protect users' privacy and their freedom of expression. The organisation based its rankings not on testing, but on privacy and security information that it requested from the 11 tech firms. From those approached, three of the firms - BlackBerry, Google and Tencent - did not respond, says Amnesty. The watchdogs also wrote to Yahoo over a massive data breach that exposed the email credentials of 500 million users, as well as its scanning of customers' incoming emails for specific information provided by US intelligence officials. The hackers are believed to have grabbed names, email addresses, phone numbers, birthdays, encrypted passwords and the 'unencrypted' security questions and answers of its 500 million users. The authorities asked the company to communicate all aspects of the data breach to the EU authorities, to notify the affected users of the 'adverse effects' and to cooperate with all 'upcoming national data protection authorities' enquiries and/or investigations. 'Yahoo was invited to provide information on the legal basis and the compatibility with EU law of any such activity,' the watchdogs said in a statement regarding the email scanning.

The Yahoo and WhatsApp cases will be discussed by regulators in November. Cyber-thieves have stolen the details of 500 million Yahoo users in the biggest hack in history - but the internet giant has admitted it happened in 2014 and that it did not notice. Critics called on its boss Marissa Mayer to quit after it emerged last month the business was warned of the hack around two months before it confirmed it. The hackers are believed to have grabbed names, email addresses, phone numbers, birthdays, encrypted passwords and the 'unencrypted' security questions and answers of its 500 million users. The hackers are reportedly selling the stolen data on the 'dark web' for just 3 bitcoin - around $1,800 (£1,470) - and the 'treasure trove of secrets' could be used to defraud or blackmail money from Yahoo users or even steal their identities.

Yahoo claims that its 500 million users' card details and bank account details are safe and says the hack was 'state-sponsored' but refused to name the country. This news comes as lawmakers in the US have expressed concern over the future safety of US citizens' data. A group of lawmakers in Congress has asked the Justice Department to clarify how a looming rule change to the government's hacking powers could impact privacy rights of innocent Americans. The change, due to take place on 1 December, would let judges issue search warrants for remote access to computers located in any jurisdiction, potentially including foreign countries.

Magistrate judges can normally only order searches within the jurisdiction of their court, which is typically limited to a few counties.

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