WhatsApp: How to stop the messaging app sharing your data with Facebook
Last month, the popular messaging application WhatsApp announced that it was changing its terms and conditions and its privacy policy.In a blog post, the company explained that users would be notified about the updated terms and they would be asked to click "Agree" to accept them.Under the new terms, WhatsApp will be able to provide user data, such as phone numbers and login times, to its parent company Facebook.
Facebook ordered to stop cashing in with personal data
Regulators have banned Facebook from collecting data on WhatsApp users in Germany in a landmark ruling against the social media giant's mass harvesting of personal information to drive advertising revenues.Privacy campaigners said that the ruling, which protects the data of 35 million German users, puts pressure on Britain's information commissioner to follow suit.Lawyers agreed that the same legal principles applied in the UK.
Indian court ruling had no impact on new data sharing policy with Facebook
WhatsApp and India's Delhi High Court may have a communication problem.SEE ALSO: WhatsApp announces plans to share user data with FacebookLast week, the Facebook-owned company was ordered by the Delhi High Court to delete data of users who opt out of WhatsApp's privacy policy changes before Sept. 25.WhatsApp was also asked to not use any data of users collected before Sept. 25.
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