After a huge scandal broke recently FacebookWith the leak of personal data of tens of millions of users from around the world, the company has added improvements in the form of the option to download all stored data from FacebookThanks to the created “backup”, users of this social network can get a better picture of what is happening about them. Facebook collected, or rather, what they voluntarily provided to him. Instagram also came forward with a similar improvement, which now also offers this option.
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An Instagram spokesperson said a few weeks ago that it will be possible to download a copy of your photos, videos and messages. "We're working on a data portability tool and soon you'll be able to download everything you've shared from the Instagram app.” he said then. Instagram kept its word and last night the social network, which falls under the Facebook, launched the option to download your data on its website and in the app and see everything Instagram has to offer. Without a doubt, this is a measure in response to the recent scandal company Facebookwhen Cambridge Analytica misused tens of millions of accounts for a targeted presidential election campaign in support of Donald Trump.
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Tools for downloading personal data are currently accessible both in web browsers and in the applications themselves. This update is essentially forced, the EU General Data Protection Regulation 25/2016 (GDPR) will enter into force in the European Union on May 679, which aims to better protect the personal data of EU citizens and change the way companies handle personal data they treat With these measures, companies are trying to comply with the new rules.
The procedure is quite simple
How do you download your personal data from Instagram? In your Instagram profile on the website or in the app, click on Edit profile, select here Privacy and secureí, scroll down to the item Data download, enter your account password and confirm it. Within 48 hours, Instagram will send you a message with a detailed statement to your registration email.
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How to proceed in case of data download in iOS application:
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So, as you can see, downloading data from Instagram is practically as easy as from Facebooku. If you would like to download data from it and have not done so yet, check out this guide, in which we addressed this topic.
