WhatsApp recently proceeded on to roll out a rather important update for PC users and happens to be a part of Facebook companies ever since 2014. The company in itself has so far evolved so as to co-exist with products and services offered across the messaging and social media platform in Facebook. Additionally, it has also actually gone on to update its privacy policy which refers to the fact that data sharing with Facebook is now actually mandatory.
If you are indeed a regular user of WhatsApp, you must have noticed a pop-up which has suddenly made an appearance and goes on to show updated Terms and Privacy Policy. And if you have indeed noticed this changed : you aren’t exactly the only one. Indeed the company’s new update actually goes on to make this compulsory.
And the cut-off date for that actually happens to be the 8th of February, 2021 – this as per the notification screenshot. A screenshot which has surfaced online clearly goes on and briefly described three points : WhatsApp service and processing of data, businesses can use Facebook hosted services to stop WhatsApp chats, partnership with other Facebook products for seamless integration.
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This essentially means that with respect to the latest update, unlike the previous updates, will actually go on and share information with other products of Facebook. Of course with regards to the previous versions – there wasn’t any such clause. In an FAQ, the company also proceeded on to detail the kind of information which would be shared with its sisters. And in the case where you aren’t aware of the social media giant’s subsidiaries : these include the likes of Facebook Payments Inc, Facebook Payments International Limited, Onavo Facebook Technologies LLC, and also CrowdTangle.
Also, the others on the Privacy Policy page actually has new additions which include the likes of Transactions and Payments Data (if you use WhatsApp Pay). The details that the company is actually entitled to collect includes shipping details, payment method, and also : transaction amount.
