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WhatsApp Will Start Sharing Data, Including Phone Numbers, With Facebook – Nation & World News

Updated 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.

WhatsApp is going to share your phone number with Facebook

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What to do when WhatsApp 'shares' your number with Facebook

What to do when WhatsApp 'shares' your number with FacebookMessaging app claims sharing information is to 'improve user experience' across serviceson Thursday announced it would be sharing information such as users' phone numbers with Facebook.This, the messaging app claimed, was "to coordinate more and improve experiences across our services and those of Facebook and the Facebook family".What this essentially means is that WhatsApp would share with Facebook your phone number, some about your handset and the last time you were "seen", among others.

WhatsApp to give users' mobile numbers to Facebook

Mobile messaging service WhatsApp will give its parent company Facebook personal information including users' phone numbers for targeted advertising purposes.The messaging app has announced that it will start sharing some user data with its parent company which bought it in a multi-billion dollar deal in 2014.However, WhatsApp say encrypted messages exchanged by its billion plus users will stay private.