WhatsApp first time changes its terms and privacy policy from last four years. This latest privacy policy and T&C about Whatsapp will share your user’s data, phone number and account information with Facebook to show you more relevant ads, provides better friend recommendations and show you more appropriate ads. If you don’t want to share your details with facebook then follow these steps to Stop WhatsApp from sharing your data with Facebook.
[ad type=”banner”]In 2014 WhatsApp sold to Facebook, that time they told that it would never share or sell users private information to anyone. But now WhatsApp share user data with its parent company Facebook. But user have the rights and option to stop WhatsApp from sharing your data with Facebook.
Why they updated their policy to share user data with Facebook
WhatsApp says they updated their policy to share user data with Facebook to fight spam on WhatsApp “Whether it’s hearing from your bank about a potentially fraudulent transaction or getting notified by an airline about a delayed flight, many of us get this information elsewhere, including in text messages and phone calls. We want to test these features in the next several months, but need to update our terms and privacy policy to do so.”
What information is being shared with Facebook
WhatsApp shares Users Data and account information including individual’s phone numbers. But that won’t be sell, share, or give your phone number to advertisers. WhatsApp stated that, it wouldn’t share your messages, photos, and account information, will be shared on Facebook or any of our other family of apps for others to see, and nothing you post on Facebook will be shared on WhatsApp for others to see.
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Will there be ads on WhatsApp now
No, you won’t. “We still do not allow third-party banner ads on WhatsApp,” the company says. “We do not want you to have a spammy experience; as with all of your messages, you can manage these communications, and we will honor the choices you make.”
How to stop WhatsApp from sharing your data with Facebook
The existing users also still stop WhatsApp from sharing your data with Facebook. If you have not accepted the updated privacy policy yet, before clicking on the “Agree” button, select read more. You should see a checkbox at the bottom of the page. Uncheck it stop WhatsApp data sharing with Facebook.
If you already updated WhatsApp and accepted their terms and privacy policy, you still have 30 days to change the decision. Follow these steps to Stop WhatsApp from sharing your data with Facebook.
- Open WhatsApp on your phone.
- Now open setting menu by pressing three dot from the top right corner.
- Open Settings and click on Account.
- Uncheck Share my account info and tap on Don’t share to disable the feature.
- Done!
