WhatsApp will enforce a new privacy policy starting February 8th, 2021. This application requires its users to share information with Facebook. This is done in order to monetize WhatsApp, because so far the revenue only comes from WhatsApp Business.
For those who do not like the new rules of the game in Facebook’s chat application, users are allowed to delete accounts.
Despite having a new policy of sharing data, an end-to-end encryption security feature is still installed on WhatsApp. So, messages that are sent can only be read by the sender and recipient, WhatsApp itself cannot read the contents of the user’s message.
Here are 7 important points for WhatsApp’s new privacy policy that you need to know:
1. Changes in privacy policy
There are three changes and new policies on WhatsApp later. Namely how companies process user data, how businesses can access Facebook services to store and manage WhatsApp chats, and later there will be more integration of WhatsApp with other Facebook products.
2. WhatsApp data collected
Based on the new privacy policy, WhatsApp will collect hardware (hardware) data about battery level, app version signal strength, browser information, cellular network, connection information (including phone numbers, cellular operators or ISPs), language and time zone, IP address, device operating information, and identifier (including a unique identifier for Facebook Company Products associated with the same device or account).
3. Information shared on Facebook
Almost all data that WhatsApp collects will be shared on Facebook. The Privacy Policy states that it will share from cellphone numbers, IP addresses, to device information.
“Information that we share with Facebook Companies includes my registration information (such as cell phone number), transaction data, information related to services, information about how to interact with other users (including businesses) when using the service including other information we collect based on user consent. , “as quoted from WhatsApp’s new privacy policy.
4. Ads Have Not Appeared
So far, WhatsApp still does not allow third party banner ads on its platform and has no intention of introducing the service. However, “if you do that, we will change this privacy policy,” said WhatsApp. So there is the potential for advertisements to appear on WhatsApp.
5. Data to be Saved by WhatsApp
WhatsApp’s privacy policy reveals that they will collect IP address data. And other information such as area codes for cellphone numbers even if the user does not activate the user’s location feature. This is to estimate the user’s city or country.
Facebook also revealed that it will store user funds in Facebook’s global Data Center, including those in the United States (US).
6. Delete the WhatsApp account does not secure your data
If you delete your WhatsApp account directly, it does not mean that your data will also disappear. Users must retrieve all data from WhatsApp for later deletion themselves.
“When you delete data, it will not affect your information relating to the chat group created or your information held by other users such as copies of messages that have been sent,” WhatsApp wrote.
7. Be careful interacting with WhatsApp Business
With this change in privacy policy, when users interact with WhatsApp Business, several other users can see the content you share. This means you can’t be sure how the data is used.
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