They are investigating WhatsApp to make changes to its policy …

The Reach out to the Public Information Agency He launched an ex officio investigation into WhatsApp, after the new privacy policy went into effect. The messaging app will apply the changes starting Saturday, sending reminders to its users to accept them.

“The National Directorate for Personal Data Protection launched an investigation into WhatsApp LLC before the new privacy policies came into effect. WhatsApp is the most used instant messaging service in Argentina, with a large group of users using it as the main communication tool,” the Public Information Access Agency stated.

Within this framework, the administration has implemented several Information requirements for the company In order to verify whether the update of the terms and privacy policy of the instant messaging service is in compliance with Law 25326 on Personal Data Protection, Regulatory Decree 1558/01 and Law 27483 approving the Agreement on the Protection of Persons regarding Automation. Processing personal data of the Council of Europe.

WhatsApp was about to implement its new privacy policies on February 8, but then announced that it will take effect on May 15, 2021.

A WhatsApp spokesperson told Télam: “We have spent the last few months providing more information about our update to users around the world. During this time, most of the people who received the update approved it, and WhatsApp continues to grow.”

However, he added, “For those who have not yet had the opportunity to accept the update, their accounts will not be deleted or their jobs will be lost on May 15th.”

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He added, “We will continue to provide reminders to these users within WhatsApp in the coming weeks.”

In this sense, he explained that “after several weeks, the reminder will become continuous,” which means that anyone who receives this type of notification will have a limited service from the messaging app.

This new privacy policy reverts to the user data exchange model between Facebook and WhatsApp, which had a first precedent in 2016, this time focused on business (corporate) release and advertising.

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