WhatsApp will block their users in the EU below 16 years old
News24xx.com - Currently, in the EU will apply a new data privacy rules on May 25, 2018. Certainly, this rule will affects the user of technology in the continent, one of them is WhatsApp.
So with this new rules was forcing WhatsApp to move more quickly by updating its privacy policy in Europe.
As quoted from The Verge on Wednesday April 25, 2018, WhatsApp will block users aged less than 16 years. In addition the minimum age of user, WhatsApp also allows users to download data in the Facebook application, such as contacts and numbers that have been blocked before.
In addition to WhatsApp, Facebook will also apply the rules related the changes in rules of European data privacy.
Now, the Facebook party will ask teenagers with age between 13 to 15 to show permission from their parents to share personal information on the platform. If they can not show permission from their parents, they can only access Facebook, without customization of their data-based information.
For information the age of WhatsApp users, the users will be logged into the application. In the app, they will be asked about their age at the term of service agreement (TOS), complete with the updated of WhatsApp privacy policy. If the age of user is more than 16 years, the user is entitled to use WhatsApp application, otherwise it will be can not to used that.
The minimum age of 16 years for WhatsApp users is only applied in Europe, because countries outside of Europe, the minimum age to use WhatsApp is 13 years old.
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