WhatsApp begins to share user data with Facebook … – UOL

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WhatsApp launches this Thursday (25) a new privacy policy in which users begin to allow data sharing in your account – such as phone number and time who pass the aplicativo– with Facebook. The change is not optional – to stay in WhastApp will be required even give more information to the Facebook

“As part of the family of the Facebook business, we will begin to share some data that will allow us to. better coordinate and also implement improvements in experience between the services in the coming months, “explained WhatsApp, which also lists the data sharing to an improvement in its security systems, as well as to combat the abuse and spam.

the changes will be communicated to users from today through notifications within the application itself, which will have 30 days to decide whether they agree with the new rules and will continue using WhatsApp. Even today, although Facebook has bought WhatsApp, there was no interference, no connection between the user data between the two companies.

“Once you accept the terms of service and updated privacy policy, we will share some data from your account with Facebook, such as phone number that people used to register on WhatsApp along with the time they are using our services, “says the company.

But the application promises confidentiality of data to third. “We will not publish or share your phone number with third parties, including on Facebook. We also will not sell, share or provide your phone number for advertisers.”

According to WhatsApp, the change Privacy policy also does not compromise the encryption end-to-end. “Even if we are working in collaboration with Facebook, your encrypted messages remain private and no one else can read them. We, Facebook or any other person will be unable to read your messages,” he pointed out the company, which says it has no plans to share other optional account data such as name, profile picture or status message.

Use of the data for advertising

But the use of data shared with Facebook for choosing ads on the social network is optional. If the option is approved, you can receive friends recommendations on Facebook, for example, WhatsApp contacts.

“This action is part of our plan to test ways for people to communicate with merchants within the next few months (…) without the display of ads and spam, “the app, which emphasized the possibility of Facebook users have access to more relevant ads to them.

” Why example, say you have registered in the list of addresses floriculture your neighborhood using the same phone number of your WhatsApp account. When this floriculture decide to advertise on Facebook, you will get these ads too, “exemplifies the bat- application chat.

Applications like Instagram can also use WhatsApp information to suggest accounts to follow and to keep spam out of their platform.

But if you do not want ads “custom”, you can choose the option of “not sharing” which is available in the new terms of service and WhatsApp privacy policy. Read the new privacy policy WhatsApp.