theregister : You. Facebook. Get over here now. This WhatsApp privacy update. Explain • The Register

You. Facebook. Get over here now. This WhatsApp privacy update. Explain • The Register

The UK's new Privacy Commissioner has fired a warning shot across Facebook's bow over its privacy policy update.In a brief statement, Elizabeth Denham warned the social media giant that the changes it was making – most significant of which was to pull personal information, including phone numbers, from users of the WhatsApp chat app into Facebook – "will affect a lot of people."

Media Matters: WhatsApp data privacy promises meant nothing

Messaging app's Facebook integration means users' info will be used to hone targeted advertisingThere is no such thing as a free lunch, as the saying goes, and it appears we're about to pay the price for eating out on WhatsApp's dime.*Angry face*The ad-free messaging service, which has more than one billion monthly active users, announced at the beginning of this year that it was to go completely free and drop its annual €0.99 subscription fee.

European regulators to scrutinise WhatsApp privacy switch – EurActiv.com

Facebook's move to relax the privacy policy of WhatsApp, the world's most popular mobile messaging application, will be closely scrutinised, the chair of Europe's leading group of privacy regulators said on Monday (29 August).WhatsApp, which counts more than a billion users globally, said on Thursday it would start sharing users' phone numbers with Facebook, helping it to target advertisements and friend recommendations across the social media network.