Argentina: Issued Appeals Chamber ruling confirming the legality of precautionary measure in the WhatsApp case
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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 suspension of the WhatsApp privacy policy update. The Court confirmed the legality of the order, which required the suspension of the updates based on potential detrimental effects on the market and increased monopolisation.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
messaging service provider
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
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2021-05-17
under deliberation
2022-01-06
in force
2022-04-13
in force
2022-04-26
in force
2022-09-01
under investigation