The popular instant messenger service WhatsApp is changing its terms and conditions - with the result that confidential information is being exchanged with Facebook.
WhatsApp's usage guidelines will be changed on 02/08/2021.
The American antitrust authority FTC increases the pressure on parent company Facebook.
Information about phone numbers, transaction data and IP addresses are shared with Facebook.
Dublin - WhatsApp changes its terms of use.
Not really an unusual report, but the new rule change has it all: Due to the
close integration of Facebook and WhatsApp
, data exchange within the group will be accelerated from the beginning of February.
With the approval of the new usage guidelines, WhatsApp account information numbers, telephone numbers and information on interactions and mobile devices can be exchanged between the two companies, reports
t-online
.
Important change in WhatsApp: users have no choice
Users of the messenger service will have noticed that after opening the app,
information
about the upcoming rule change
is displayed across the
screen
.
You can still postpone approval, but from February 8th, 2021 you have to agree.
If you do not agree to the change in the terms of use, you can
no longer use
the
application
.
After the purchase of WhatsApp by Facebook in 2014, the update represents a closer integration between the two companies: Until recently, the sharing of data by the user could be refused, this will change by
02/08/2021
at the latest
.
WhatsApp is looking for direct contact with users - that is now changing
According to
WABetaInfo
, the messenger will be aimed directly at users in the future.
While in the previous years there was no direct contact in the app, WhatsApp takes over the approach of the competitor Telegram, which has been pursuing this approach for a long time.
This means that users are informed about
new features directly
in the app.
Starting today, WhatsApp can send in-app announcements to their users.
Who knows what they are going to announce!
đ
Note: I don't mean advertisements, I mean probably announcements about features, changes, news, information and similar.
- WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) December 2, 2020
Change in WhatsApp: Facebook is targeted by the American antitrust authority FTC
Perhaps the parent company Facebook is reacting to pressure from the
American antitrust authority FTC by
changing the terms of use
.
The agency accuses Facebook of "illegal monopoly formation", which led to
lawsuits in 46 US states
.
Since the threat of splitting off the online services WhatsApp and Instagram is a possible measure, the parent company is attempting to interlink the services more closely.
(jf with AFP)
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