Whatsapp asks users to confirm if they are 16 years old or older

The new European regulation that will arrive in May is causing many companies to have to make changes to their terms and conditions. Especially regarding privacy and data processing. One of them is WhatsApp, which is already making changes. After allowing users to download what the app knows about them, a new control arrives.

WhatsApp asks users to confirm if they are 16 years old or older

This is a check to confirm that users of the messaging application are at least 16 years old, which is the minimum age to use the application from May.

Age control on WhatsApp

With the arrival of the new regulations, the minimum age to use the application becomes 13 to 16 years old. Furthermore, the application is obliged to ask its users if they really are the appropriate age to use it. But the problem is that the control they introduce is completely useless. Since when we enter the application we get the new terms and conditions.

In them we find a box that asks us to select if we are 16 years old or older. That is all. So any user can say that he is the minimum age to use the application even if it is not really the case. It is a control that they introduce because they are required, since it has no efficacy.

WhatsApp users have to answer this question before May 25. The safest thing is that you have already got this box that you have to fill out. Although surely they will come out to all users over the next few days.

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