WhatsApp New Privacy Will Share Tons of Data With Facebook

The latest privacy policy introduced by WhatsApp was put forward in January with a deadline of February 8 however it was pushed to May 15 after mass migration

At the time of WhatsApp acquisition in 2014, Facebook had refrained from collecting phone numbers, metadata, and other contact information but it will share tons of data with the social networking site after new privacy policy.

At the time of acquisition in 2014, Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg had said, “We are absolutely not going to change plans around WhatsApp and the way it uses user data. WhatsApp is going to operate completely autonomously”.

However, now the Facebook owner is not keeping his words and he wants to commercialize communication between people.

In 2016, a new update enabled sharing of a user’s WhatsApp number on Facebook.

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The company provided an option to the users who did not want it but kept it covered and owing to this reason, hundreds of thousands of users were unaware they had the choice to stop the move.

The latest privacy policy introduced by WhatsApp was put forward in January this year with a deadline of February 8.

However, it was pushed to May 15 after mass migration to other messaging apps such as Telegram and Signal started.

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Now, the company has apparently given additional few weeks to its users to abide by the terms of the new privacy policy. Those denying it will no longer be able to maneuver the app.

The new privacy changes will allow WhatsApp to access payment and transaction data of users so that Facebook could offer them related advertisements.

Meanwhile, WhatsApp has clandestinely removed the passage in its privacy policy that gives a chance to users to choose the option of sharing information with Facebook.

Over time, WhatsApp shares a great deal of information with Facebook including account information, phone numbers, time spent on the application, IP addresses, browser details, language, time zone, etc.

Interestingly, all have been in place for years without the users knowing about it.

A lawsuit was also filed against the tech giant by 48 districts and states of the United States.

However, the issue is different in Europe where privacy is protected to a large extent.

Meanwhile, in India, a petition has been moved to Delhi High Court (DHC) to provide privacy standards like Europe.

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