Mandatory WhatsApp Privacy Policy Update Allows User Data to be Shared With Facebook
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WhatsApp’s updated their terms of service and privacy policy gives more insight into how the whatsapp messaging platform will use user data and, more importantly, share it with its partner company Facebook going forward. Users have till February 8, 2021 to accept these in order to continue using the platform.
Integration with Facebook companies
The updated policy says that WhatsApp may send you marketing material about Facebook companies. And also the firm will use your data collected from the app and other Facebook services for content suggestions, people recommendations, and ads along with service improvements.
Facebook has already integrated Instagram and Messenger for cross-platform communication. And with this new change, it aims to provide “integrations which enable you to connect your WhatsApp experiences with other Facebook Company Products.”
Why do I need to accept this policy?
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WhatsApp updating its terms of service and privacy policy is not new. Most software services do update their services occasionally. It is standard practice that in order to continue using these services, the user accepts the new conditions and policy. This time, WhatsApp is giving a deadline of February 8, 2021 to accept the new policy or delete your account.
WhatsApp users may lose their account from this app if they don't accept new terms of service which is announced in these days.
What are the important policy changes?
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The older version of whatsapp privacy policy, used to start with the following lines: ‘Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA. Since we started WhatsApp, we’ve aspired to build our Services with a set of strong and safe privacy policy in mind.’
Those lines are no longer part of the new privacy policy. However, WhatsApp says that end-to-end encrypted condition. Which means it can’t see your messages, or share it with anyone. But the new policy suggests an increasing reliance on other Facebook products. They have share your data collected from the app and send it to Facebook.
There are also updates on deleting a WhatsApp account. What does it say?
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The new privacy policy highlights that if someone only deletes the WhatsApp app from their device without using the in-app delete my account feature, then that user’s information will remain stored with the platform. So just deleting the app from your phone won’t be enough. It adds that “when you delete your account, it does not affect your information related to the groups you created or the information other users have relating to you, such as their copy of the messages you sent them.”
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