Meta could delete accounts in the European region of children under 13 years of age on WhatsApp once the platform’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policies update is applied.

To comply with the requirements of the Digital Services Law and the Digital Markets Law, Meta has modified the minimum age to open an account on WhatsApp. Those under the limit, established at 13 years old, could lose their account.

The measure is already explicit in the Help Center, where it reads: “The minimum age in the European Region will be modified from 16 to 13 years.” This favors the connection of minors with their family and friends, which is seen as a positive development.

The measure is applied practically in parallel to the interoperability of WhatsApp with platforms such as Telegram, Signal or iMessage without having to leave the Meta application, maintaining end-to-end encryption in conversations.

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Two developers of the iOS operating system assured after an investigation that the App Store records and stores the personal data of users, which allows their identification, which is later sent to the brand, thus violating Apple’s privacy terms.

The company has a function called “Device and privacy analysis“, which it claims to ensure the protection of user account information, so that users can choose what they want to share and indicates that all information is collected, and it is treated in accordance with Apple’s privacy policy.

Thus, iOS Device Analysis follows the permissions of users, that is, they must explicitly consent to provide the information that this functionality collects, such as hardware and operating system specifications, performance statistics or data about the use of devices and applications.

Recently, an investigation by iOS application developers and security researchers from the Mysk firm, which reveals some of the brand’s news on Twitter and through a dedicated account, has explained that the company’s analytical data includes a nomenclature capable of to identify each user.

It is “dsdl” that is, a directory services identifier, which classifies each iCloud account and associates it with a specific user. In this sense, the developers have pointed out that Apple collects information from iPhone owners despite the fact that its privacy statement indicates otherwise.

“The information collected does not identify your personal data is not recorded, is subject to privacy protection techniques or reports are removed before being sent to Apple”, can be read in the Legal Information section of the manufacturer.

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Source: La Nación

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Meta made changes to its Privacy Policy again to explain in a more clear and understandable way the use that its services make of the information they collect from people, and the changes that will take effect on July 26.

The new version of the Meta Privacy Policy does not expand the data that services such as Facebook and Instagram can collect, nor does it incorporate new ways of using them. Its purpose, as the company explained, is to offer a clearer and more understandable text.

To achieve this, Meta rewrote its data policies, which now have new details and examples, with which it facilitates access to data management controls and explains how it uses and shares information with third parties.

Along with this, it also incorporated new controls to manage who sees people’s posts and the topics about which users want to see ads.

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Twitter will have to pay a fine of 150 million dollars to resolve a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Justice for having provided private data of its users to advertisers of the social network.

These two institutions accused the social network of having collected information from its users, such as phone numbers and email addresses, and allowing advertisers to use it to monetize their services.

“Twitter requested personal information from users for the express purpose of protecting their accounts, but also used it later to serve targeted ads for financial gain,” read a statement released by the FTC.

The origin of this complaint dates back to 2010, when the FTC filed a lawsuit against Twitter for not guaranteeing users the privacy of their data.

So, the company promised its users that only they could control who had access to their posts and that only the final recipients of the private messages could access the information transmitted through this medium.

However, Twitter did not have the power to guarantee compliance with this privacy, since the FTC exposed a series of cases in which the social network had accessed the personal information of users without their consent.

To solve this problem, the social network agreed to comply with an order imposed by this commission, which became official in 2011, in which it was determined that the FTC would impose substantial financial fines if it again manipulated the measures intended to protect the security of the users.

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Source: Elcomercio

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The Secretary of Internal Trade of the Government of Argentina extended the prohibition to update WhatsApp’s privacy policies.

According to a resolution published in the country’s Official Gazette, the Executive decided to maintain the ban implemented in May 2021 until an ongoing investigation for alleged “abuse of dominant position” by the messaging firm is concluded.

The Government indicated in May of last year that the messaging platform and its parent Facebook incurred in a “situation of abuse of a dominant position”, since “there is empirical evidence that the worldwide demand for the WhatsApp Messenger application, with more of 2,000 million users, it far exceeds platforms such as Telegram”.

In this sense, the Administration of Alberto Fernández argues that the application seeks with its update to generate “metadata to profile users/buyers, that is, to generate an asset that is difficult to replicate by potential competitors or, in other words, to generate entry barriers in the online advertising market, all in probable violation of the competition defense regime”.

“Updating the service conditions and privacy policy of WhatsApp Messenger would strengthen the position of Grupo Meta in the online advertising market, making it possible to obtain new data or, at least, to maintain an excessive or unjustified level of collection”, highlights the text published today by the Government.

The resolution orders the messaging firm and Meta to communicate to WhatsApp Messenger users, through the application or through the official website, the full text of the measure in Argentina.

Source: dpa

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On May 15, the new WhatsApp Conditions and Privacy policy will come into force. This date users will not lose the account in the messaging service if they do not accept new policies but will face some restrictions concerning its functions.

The company will begin to show the message again about the changes it will make with the new policies, focusing on the data that WhatsApp collects from users and their treatment, as well as the way in which businesses can use Facebook’s hosted services to store and manage their chats.

Users must accept the changes before they come into force, on May 15, a requirement to be able to continue using WhatsApp fully, but whose rejection does not mean the loss of the account, as indicated by the company in the official blog.

However, users will not have “access to all the functions of WhatsApp until they accept the policies“, as they explain. This means that, for “a short time”, they will be able to receive calls and notifications, but they will not be able to read or send messages from the application.

The company remembers in its blog that users can accept the new policies “even after May 15”, and in this case, it will apply the related policy regarding “inactive users”. It also notes that users can export chat history and download a report from their account, or ultimately delete the account.

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Source: RT

La entrada WhatsApp announces flexibility with users who do not accept its privacy policy apareció primero en Bitfinance.

WhatsApp decided to postpone until May the entry into force of the changes in its Conditions and Privacy policy, which were initially to take effect on February 8, also reiterating the protection of conversations with end-to-end encryption that prevents the company from access its content.

At the beginning of January, users of the messaging network started to receive a message warning of changes in the service about the data it collects from users and their treatment, as well as about the way in which businesses can use the hosted services of Facebook to store and manage chats.

In the same message that warned that in order to continue using the service, users had to accept the changes.

The new policies do not imply material changes in the processing of data for users in the European Union, and that WhatsApp does not yet share the data of those users with Facebook in order for the parent company to use it to improve products and advertisements.

However, thanks to the confusion generated, the company decided to postpone the date on which these changes will come into effect (initially on February 8), without this change involving suspensions or eliminations of accounts among those who until now had not accepted the informational message, as explained in a statement.

WhatsApp also indicates that they will take “a series of measures to clear up the misinformation regarding the way privacy and security work.” Subsequently, and gradually, users will have to review the policy, “at their own pace”, before the new options for companies take effect on May 15.

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Source: El Comercio

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