Argentina: Investigation into WhatsApp regarding compliance of new policy with competition law
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Issued Appeals Chamber ruling confirming the legality of precautionary measure in the WhatsApp case
On 26 April 2022, the National Court of Federal Civil and Commercial Appeals issued its ruling in the appeal brought by Facebook and WhatsApp against the Secretary of Domestic Trade of the Ministry of Productive Development order requiring the suspe…
SourceIssued order requiring suspension of the WhatsApp privacy policy update
On 13 April 2022, the Secretary of Domestic Trade of the Ministry of Productive Development adopted Resolution 224/2022, extending the applicability of the order of suspension of the WhatsApp privacy policy update that was planned for 15 May 2021 …
SourceArgentina fines Facebook for abusive terms in WhatsApp Privacy Policy
On 6 January 2022, the Argentine consumer protection agency (Dirección Nacional de Defensa del Consumidor y Arbitraje en Consumo - DNDC) issued the maximum fine of 5 million pesos against Facebook for its abusive terms in the WhatsApp privacy policy…
SourceSuspension of the implementation of WhatsApp's privacy policy update
On May 13, 2021, the Secretariat of Inner Trade of the Ministry of Productive Development decided on the suspension of the WhatsApp privacy policy update that was planned for May 15, 2021. The suspension follows the release of an opinion by the Nati…
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