Tag: Whatsapp
WhatsApp Has One Month to Comply With EU Consumer Law
Meta’s market-leading messaging service WhatsApp has been given a July deadline to show that a privacy policy update introduced in January effectively complies with...
WhatsApp Has Until July To Comply With EU Consumer Law
Meta's WhatsApp has until July to show that a privacy policy update introduced in January complies with EU consumer law, the European Commission said...
Uber Allows Booking Via WhatsApp In India
Uber will soon allow users in India to book a ride via WhatsApp, the company said, announcing a partnership with the Meta Platforms-owned messaging...
WhatsApp Changes Their Privacy Policy After EU Fine
WhatsApp is rewriting its privacy policy as a result of a huge data protection fine earlier this year.
Following an investigation, the Irish data protection...
WhatsApp Fined €225M By Ireland Over Privacy
Facebook's WhatsApp was fined a record €225 million (US$266 million) by the Irish data protection regulator on Thursday, September 2, after the EU privacy watchdog pressured...
Russian Court Fines Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Again
A Russian court on Thursday fined Twitter 17 million roubles ($229,730), Facebook 15 million roubles and WhatsApp 4 million roubles over their refusal to...
Russia Opens Case Against WhatsApp Over Data
Russia on Friday, July 31, launched administrative proceedings against Facebook's WhatsApp for what it stated was a failure to localize data of Russian users...
Data Sharing between WhatsApp and Facebook: The CCI Opens an Investigation...
By Parumita Pal and Hrishav Kumar*
Introduction
The switch from traditional brick-and-mortar business models to rapidly a evolving digital mode of doing business has impacted...
WhatsApp’s 2021 Privacy Policy – Update from India
By G. R. Bhatia & Aaditya Ranbir Sahgal1
Competition regulators around the world have taken note of WhatsApp’s proposed 2021 Privacy Policy and Terms of...
German Watchdog Bans Facebook From Processing WhatsApp Data
Germany's lead data protection regulator for Facebook is banning the social network from processing personal data from WhatsApp users because it views the messaging...