That is precisely the point. "Hey guys how can I take down Facebook?" Well you need proof of wrongdoing first, and don't have any. How is writing yet more emails in different words going to help?
I think you totally missed the point. Let me rephrase it: as per the EU legislation, I got a popup in WhatsApp that was saying that I have a right to object to their data collection. I followed those links and got the e-mail above.
They are essentially telling me: "You need to put the right words in your e-mail if you want us to take you seriously, but we are counting on the fact that you don't, and therefore we work around your right to object".
Hence my question here. If somebody found a way to send the right words to WhatsApp and shared them, I could send the exact same e-mail. Or differently, if we could find a "good e-mail" to send and WhatsApp still refused to acknowledge it, then EU-based users could complain to the EU and possibly get the law with them.
One of the roles of the DPA is to investigate and collect formal prof of wrongdoing. So no, you do not need proof og wrongdoing, you just need enough to get the DPA to investigate. For example, a fundamental priciple of gdpr is that of data minimization; a data controller must do whatever they can do minimize the data they collect and process. Another fundamental right is the right of access, meaning the right to get told all the data a data controller is collecting and processing about tje subject.
Say WhatsApp list the data they collect, and say that list is very long. Then I dont think it would be difficult to argue [to the DPA] that WhatsApp is breaking the principle of minimization. Perhaps enough to start an investigation.
There are a bit more to it than that, lile ligitimate interests etc, but on the other hand gdpr has many more priciples and fundamental rights for companies to break
They are essentially telling me: "You need to put the right words in your e-mail if you want us to take you seriously, but we are counting on the fact that you don't, and therefore we work around your right to object".
Hence my question here. If somebody found a way to send the right words to WhatsApp and shared them, I could send the exact same e-mail. Or differently, if we could find a "good e-mail" to send and WhatsApp still refused to acknowledge it, then EU-based users could complain to the EU and possibly get the law with them.
I think it can move the needle.