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<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/elon-musk-calls-facebook-lame-and-urges-people-to-delete-it-279969">Facebook </a>has postponed the launch of its new dating services in the European Union scheduled for Thursday after Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) raised concerns about the launch.

The social network had announced the launch of the services in the United States in September last year.

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/elon-musk-calls-facebook-lame-and-urges-people-to-delete-it-279969">Elon Musk calls Facebook 'lame' and urges people to 'delete' it</a>

The service would have allowed users to integrate their Instagram accounts with Facebook's dating profile and add Instagram followers to their "Secret Crush" lists.

Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner is&nbsp;the main regulator in the European Union for a number of the world's biggest technology firms including <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/latest-world-news-facebook-and-twitter-decline-pelosis-plea-to-remove-doctored-clip-posted-by-donald-trump-279743">Facebook</a>.

It released a statement which stated&nbsp;that it was informed&nbsp;about the February&nbsp;13 launch on February&nbsp;3 and was very concerned about being given such short notice.

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/latest-world-news-facebook-and-twitter-decline-pelosis-plea-to-remove-doctored-clip-posted-by-donald-trump-279743">Facebook and Twitter decline Pelosi's plea to remove clip posted by Donald Trump</a>

The DPC said in a statement that those concerns were further compounded when it was given no documentation regarding data protection impact assessments or decision making processes that had been undertaken by <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/elon-musk-calls-facebook-lame-and-urges-people-to-delete-it-279969">Facebook</a>.

To expedite the process, DPC officers conducted an inspection at <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/elon-musk-calls-facebook-lame-and-urges-people-to-delete-it-279969">Facebook </a>Ireland offices in Dublin on February&nbsp;10 and gathered documentation, it said.

"<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/elon-musk-calls-facebook-lame-and-urges-people-to-delete-it-279969">Facebook </a>Ireland informed us last night that they have postponed the rollout of this feature," said the regulator, which has a number of privacy investigations open into <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/elon-musk-calls-facebook-lame-and-urges-people-to-delete-it-279969">Facebook </a>and its WhatsApp and <a href="https://www.wionews.com/business-economy/instagram-in-trouble-as-nearly-50-million-users-data-gets-leaked-online-220423">Instagram </a>subsidiaries.

"It's really important that we get the launch of <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/elon-musk-calls-facebook-lame-and-urges-people-to-delete-it-279969">Facebook </a>Dating right so we are taking a bit more time to make sure the product is ready for the European market. We have worked carefully to create strong privacy safeguards, and have shared this information with the IDPC ahead of the European rollout,"&nbsp;Facebook said in response.

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Facebook has postponed the launch of its new dating services in the European Union scheduled for Thursday after Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) raised concerns about the launch. The social network had announced the launch of the services in the United States in September last year. Also read: Elon Musk calls Facebook 'lame' and urges people to 'delete' it The service would have allowed users to integrate their Instagram accounts with Facebook's dating profile and add Instagram followers to their "Secret Crush" lists. Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner is the main regulator in the European Union for a number of the world's biggest technology firms including Facebook. It released a statement which stated that it was informed about the February 13 launch on February 3 and was very concerned about being given such short notice. Also read: Facebook and Twitter decline Pelosi's plea to remove clip posted by Donald Trump The DPC said in a statement that those concerns were further compounded when it was given no documentation regarding data protection impact assessments or decision making processes that had been undertaken by Facebook. To expedite the process, DPC officers conducted an inspection at Facebook Ireland offices in Dublin on February 10 and gathered documentation, it said. "Facebook Ireland informed us last night that they have postponed the rollout of this feature," said the regulator, which has a number of privacy investigations open into Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram subsidiaries. "It's really important that we get the launch of Facebook Dating right so we are taking a bit more time to make sure the product is ready for the European market. We have worked carefully to create strong privacy safeguards, and have shared this information with the IDPC ahead of the European rollout," Facebook said in response.

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