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Forced update: Serious change in WhatsApp starts - and it affects every user

2021-01-10T04:55:51.331Z


The popular instant messenger service WhatsApp is changing its terms and conditions - with the result that confidential information is being exchanged with Facebook. Now WhatsApp speaks up.


The popular instant messenger service WhatsApp is changing its terms and conditions - with the result that confidential information is being exchanged with Facebook.

Now WhatsApp speaks up.

  • 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.

Update from January 9, 2:32 p.m.:

Recently, concerns about a new

update

on

WhatsApp

emerged.

The fear: The change will interlock WhatsApp and Facebook even more closely and data exchange between the messenger services will be possible.

Users must agree to this by February 8th.

But now

WhatsApp's Director of Policy

Niamh Sweeney has reported on Twitter.

She denies the allegations.

It would be wrong for

WhatsApp users

in the European Union to have to agree that “data is shared with Facebook for advertising purposes in order to continue using the service.” It goes on to say: “There is no change in data sharing practices in Europe as a result of this

update

. "

3/5 There are no changes to WhatsApp's data-sharing practices in Europe arising from this update.

It remains the case that WhatsApp does not share European Region WhatsApp user data with Facebook for the purpose of Facebook using this data to improve its products or ads.

- Niamh Sweeney (@NiamhSweeneyNYC) January 7, 2021

Niamh Sweeney refers to the FAQ page of the messenger service.

There it is described that

WhatsApp

shares data with Facebook in order to improve the security and protection of the apps, as well as to improve the services.

As the Director of Policy already emphasized on Twitter, it also says here: "Currently,

Facebook

does not

use

your WhatsApp account information to improve your product experience on Facebook or to show you more interesting Facebook ads." So it is clear: They will already shared data, but not for

advertising purposes

.

The

update will

not change that.

Forced update: Serious change in WhatsApp starts - and it affects every user

First report from January 7th, 13th March:

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!

😁



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)

List of rubric lists: © Marius Bulling via www.imago-images.de

Source: merkur

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