Argentina: National Directorate for the Protection of Personal Data investigation into WhatsApp over alleged non-compliance of WhatsApp privacy policy update with Law No. 25.326 on Protection of Personal Data
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
14 May 2021 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
Argentina
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
messaging service provider
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
National Directorate for the Protection of Personal Data opened investigation into WhatsApp to assess compliance of WhatsApp privacy policy update with Law No. 25.326 on Protection of Personal Data
On 14 May 2021, the National Directorate for the Protection of Personal Data announced the beginning of their investigation into WhatsApp regarding the planned WhatsApp privacy updates that were supposed to happen a day later on May 15, 2021. Origin…
Event type
investigation
Action type
announcement
Government branch
executive
Government body
data protection authority