Facebook acquired WhatsApp messenger is a little more than two years ago for $ 19 billion. Then the head of the company, Jan Koum, promised that "nothing will change", referring to the privacy policy and the way messenger handles user data. But times are changing. August 25, 2016 in the official blog, WhatsApp was reported, according to which the privacy policy will change for the first time in four years. Now developers want to "explore ways that will help you in communicating with target organizations without third-party advertising banners and spam".
"As announced earlier this year, we want to explore ways that will help you in communicating with target organizations without third-party advertising banners and spam. For example, a notification from your bank about a potentially fraudulent transaction or notification from the airline about a flight delay. Many of us receive this information from other sources, including the text messages and phone calls. We want to test these functions in the next few months, but first we need to update our terms and privacy policy ", - the developers say.
Changes to the Privacy Policy will help to link Facebook and WhatsApp accounts, which, of course, allow the social network to collect more data about users and show them on the social network more targeted advertising. Also messenger starts to push its users to ensure that they have shared with Facebook some details about yourself voluntarily, including phone numbers.
"Further collaboration with Facebook will help us to study the basic metrics more effectively about how often people use our services, and to understand better how to deal with spam in WhatsApp. In case of connecting with your room systems Facebook, Facebook can provide more accurate recommendations from friends and display relevant ads. For example, you might see an ad from a company that you are interested in, rather than from the companies of which you 've never heard, " - says the blog post.
"This means that, for example, although some of the information will be transferred to Facebook (phone number), this information will not be visible to other people on Facebook», - the developers refine the FAQ.
Realizing that such innovations can cause a wide resonance, WhatsApp team hastened to reassure users, saying : " All your encrypted messages remain private, and no one can read it. No WhatsApp, no Facebook, no one else. We will not post anywhere else, and no one to pass your number WhatsApp, including on Facebook. We will continue to continue to adhere to our policy - not to sell, share or transfer your phone number to advertisers."
Fully refuse to participate in this venture, users can no , Facebook in any case, will receive some data in some cases. However, some embodiments do exist.
When WhatsApp propose to adopt a new privacy policy does not need to press the button «Agree», and on the link in the text. This opens the full text of the agreement. Below you can find the check box that is responsible for the provision of Facebook data, tick which is installed by default. It is necessary to remove the check mark, and only then accept the new rules. See illustration below.
If the user has already accepted a new agreement without reading it, and already shares its data with the social network, the output is also there. Within 30 days, the user can "change your mind" . To do this, go to Settings> Account> Share my account info in the WhatsApp app and also remove the corresponding checkbox .
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