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WhatsApp shares data with Facebook ahead of monetisation

WhatsApp shares data with Facebook ahead of monetisationmedium text large textMore than two years after its acquisition by Facebook, WhatsApp has seemingly succumbed to the inevitable pressure from its parent company to surrender some of its autonomy, agreeing to share its users' account information with Facebook, including their phone numbers.The move comes as WhatsApp prepares to roll out an application-to-person communications offering, which will enable businesses to send chat messages to WhatsApp users.

Privacy groups threaten legal action over Facebook, WhatsApp data sharing

Privacy groups threaten legal action over Facebook, WhatsApp data sharingWhile Facebook's purchase of WhatsApp in 2014 was met with concerns over individuals' privacy, the social network has done a good job since then of leaving the messaging as is and keeping it independent.That all changed last week when WhatsApp's new terms-of-service stated that user data would now be shared with Facebook.

WhatsApp met with backlash after giving users' data to Facebook

WhatsApp and Facebook have come under fire after the messaging app announced an update to its privacy policy that gives it permission to share its users' phone numbers, device information and metadata with the social network, its parent company.The new terms have sparked outrage among privacy conscious users, given the messaging service's traditional commitment to privacy and promise not to compromise this when it was bought by Facebook two years ago.

Facebook will raid WhatsApp for your data

WhatsApp said that it would hand mobile phone numbers and other information to Facebook Patrick Sison/APFacebook is to learn even more about its users by extracting personal information from WhatsApp, the world's most popular messaging service.WhatsApp said yesterday that it would hand mobile phone numbers and other information to Facebook.