It’s sharing your info! Accept new Whatsapp policies or be banned
The American messaging service, WhatsApp last week informed its 2 billion users of an update to its privacy policy; outlining which users must accept it if they wish to continue using the app.
The policy to share information across all of Facebook’s platforms were there since 2016 when Facebook first acquired WhatsApp, but it was optional. This policy update now makes it mandatory.
With the new policy update, WhatsApp will be sharing data it collects about you with the broader Facebook network, including Messenger and Instagram.
Your Whatsapp data will be shared whether or not you have profiles on the other social media platforms owned by Facebook.
“WhatsApp receives information from, and shares information with the other Facebook companies. We may use the information we receive from them, and they may use the information we share with them, to help operate and market services,” Whatsapp explained.
Facebook said it will now be able to share more targeted ads to people on its platforms by knowing their usage habits on WhatsApp.
Doesn’t apply to UK and EU
The new Whatsapp policy is not the same around the globe.
Users in Europe and the UK will need to accept new terms but won’t be subjected to the data-sharing. The EU has strict privacy laws and has had a major run-in with Facebook over its privacy policy in the past.
EU authorities in 2017 fined Facebook 110 million euros (US$134 million) for misleading regulators during a 2014 review of its takeover of WhatsApp.
In the meantime, the new terms delivered last week have caused an outcry around the world and many have been switching to platforms such as Signal and Telegram.
Signal — owned by the same person that founded Whatsapp — reported that it’s registration services broke last week due to an influx of users after Facebook announced the policy updates.
The company said it had to upgrade the platform to accommodate the large capacity it is now receiving.
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Also remember that all of these services OWN anything you put on their services. So they can use a picture of your baby that you put on, to advertise baby food or pampers or whatever.
Switch to Signal. No personally identifiable information is stored.
I appreciate that!!!…checked it out..Thanks.
Yup I got it as well, Edward Snowden uses that and he’s all about fighting for privacy
There’s a platform that’s gonna be big soon. It’s called Stratus.
Never give these people your real details. Lie about everything .
Simple.
You may also simply delete all of your convos and data on a regular basis. We clear ours twice weekly, but if it’s a concern you could do that daily.
And put it where? On a sd card?