WhatsApp and Facebook data sharing: How to opt out of the invasive new terms
Facebook is going to start hoovering up your WhatsApp data and using it for ads.Unless you tell it not to.WhatsApp and Facebook data sharing: How to opt out of the invasive new termsWhatsApp's privacy changes have attracted the interest of the Information CommissionerFacebook is going to start hoovering up your WhatsApp data and using it for ads.
WhatsApp Sharing Data with Facebook Raises Alarm for Privacy Advocates
Changes announced by WhatsApp have drawn the ire of privacy advocates, who say that the messaging service's plan to share user data with parent company Facebook is against the law and should be blocked.The changes will allow the popular app -- which says it has more than one billion users -- to "coordinate more with Facebook" by sharing the user data, they said.The move prompted The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the Center for Digital Democracy to announce they would be filing a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Regulators 'Look Into' Facebook Links To WhatsApp
6:00pm 29th August 2016Regulators are "looking into" plans for WhatsApp to share user information with Facebook.The online chat app has changed its privacy policy to allow sharing the information, which includes the phone numbers of its users, with its parent company.Users launching the app today were told that agreeing to the new policy would see their account information shared with the "Facebook family of companies", which includes Instagram and virtual reality tech company Oculus.
WhatsApp Will Start Sharing Data, Including Phone Numbers, With Facebook : The Two-Way : NPR
WhatsApp Will Start Sharing Data, Including Phone Numbers, With FacebookEnlarge this image Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg/Getty Images Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesUpdated at 9:10 p.m.ET with detail on limiting spamThe messaging service WhatsApp is changing its privacy policy for the first time since being bought by Facebook in 2014.The app will begin sharing some of its data and phone numbers with the social network.
Data sharing with Facebook lands WhatsApp in trouble
The cross platform messaging service WhatsApp, is in hot waters after its decision to share user data with parent Facebook, met with criticisms form the privacy groups.These groups have decided to take the matters in their own hand and have decided to lodge a complaint against the messaging giant.The privacy group called the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is of the view that that Facebook and WhatsApp have violated the user privacy commitment promised back in 2014, reported Hot Hardware.
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