He stated that he believes that "changes in WhatsApp's policy are contrary to Russian law, since personal data is the inalienable property of its owner and the possibility of transferring it to third or more parties without the consent of the person himself is impossible."
“We will discuss with Roskomnadzor as a regulator in this area, what could be the response measures on the part of Russia and what the official assessment will be.
If this requires an appeal to Roskomnadzor, then, of course, we will prepare it, ”RIA Novosti quotes Khinshtein.
Earlier, Anton Gorelkin, a member of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technology and Communications, called the updated user agreement of the WhatsApp messenger unethical and violating the law.
On May 12, Roskomnadzor warned Russian WhatsApp users that since 2014 the messenger has been transmitting a significant amount of user data to Facebook.
In January, WhatsApp postponed until May 15 to update the user agreement, which added a clause on the transfer of personal data to Facebook.