The messaging application WhatsApp, owned by Meta (the company previously known as Facebook) updated its privacy policy in Europe on Monday with more information on its use of data, although without changes in its operation, to comply with the General Protection Regulation Data (GDPR), and announced that it will appeal the fine imposed by Ireland for violating it.
The changes announced by WhatsApp are produced as a result of the fine of 225 million euros to the platform by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) of Ireland – country in which it has its European headquarters – for not complying with the requirements of transparency established by the RGPD.
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This body, as it announced in September, considered that the company had not been transparent when it came to reporting on how the data of WhatsApp users was shared between companies of its parent company, Meta.
“We disagree with the decision of the DPC and we are going to appeal in the courts of the European Union and Ireland,” Josh Breckman, WhatsApp Communication Manager in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), told Europa Press. .
“We believe that we already provide the required information to all our users,” said a company spokesperson, while recalling that all chats continue to use end-to-end encryption, with which the content is only accessible to the sender and the receiver.