deccanchronicle : WhatsApp is going to share your phone number with Facebook

WhatsApp is going to share your phone number with Facebook

Global messaging service WhatsApp says it will start sharing the phone numbers of its users with Facebook, its parent company.That means WhatsApp users could soon start seeing more targeted ads on Facebook - although not on the messaging service itself.

Happy Krishna Janmashtami & Dahi Handi 2016: Best Govinda Messages, WhatsApp & Facebook Status, Quotes, Wishes, SMSes & Greetings to share

Gokulashtami or Krishna Janmashtami, festival marks the celebration of birth of Lord Krishna.This festival is celebrated on August 25th and Dahi Handi is celebrated on August 26th, 2016.

Happy Janmashtami 2016 Images, Wishes, WhatsApp & Facebook Status, Quotes, SMS, Greetings by Lord Krishna

Happy Krishna Janmashtami 2016 everyone!The occasion of the birth of Lord Krishna is celebrated on August 25 with great pomp and show across the country and the globe.

Relaxing Privacy Vow, WhatsApp to Share Some Data With Facebook

PhotoSAN FRANCISCO — When Facebook bought the start-up WhatsApp in 2014, Jan Koum, WhatsApp's co-founder, declared that the deal would not affect the digital privacy of his mobile messaging service's millions of users."We don't know your birthday.

WhatsApp is going to share your number with Facebook with new policy tweak

NEW DELHI: WhatsApp on Thursday updated its privacy policy for the first time after it became a part of Facebook, outlining the ways in which businesses will be able to create more targeted advertising on Facebook using WhatsApp.Speaking to ET, a WhatsApp spokesperson explained how this will work.When a person signs up on WhatsApp, they provide their phone number as an identifier, and a unique number that is associated with the device (such as smartphone or tablet) that the WhatsApp app is installed on.If a person has the Facebook app and WhatsApp app installed on the same device, even with different phone numbers, by using the device identifier, Facebook will now be able to map the two in the background using the basic device information.WhatsApp hopes to better fight spam with this integration.