{"id":148310,"date":"2021-01-06T13:20:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T10:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/heres-what-that-whatsapp-privacy-policy-pop-up-means-for-you\/"},"modified":"2021-01-06T13:20:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T10:20:13","slug":"heres-what-that-whatsapp-privacy-policy-pop-up-means-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-what-that-whatsapp-privacy-policy-pop-up-means-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"#Here\u2019s what that WhatsApp privacy policy pop-up means for you"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d879c8e809\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d879c8e809\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-what-that-whatsapp-privacy-policy-pop-up-means-for-you\/#Integration_with_Facebook_companies\" >Integration with Facebook companies<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-what-that-whatsapp-privacy-policy-pop-up-means-for-you\/#Interacting_with_businesses\" >Interacting with businesses<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Here\u2019s what that <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WhatsApp<\/a> privacy policy pop-up means for you<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                            <span>If you use WhatsApp, you probably spotted a pop-up on your phone sometime in the last 24 hours, suggesting that the service has updated its privacy policy \u2014 and promptly clicked the button at the bottom to proceed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\" data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\"\/><span>If you read more closely, you\u2019ll have learned that and users have until February 8 to read and agree to the new terms. Failure to do so would lead to WhatsApp deleting your account.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter__right\" data-qa=\"message_content\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\" data-qa=\"block-kit-renderer\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_block\" dir=\"auto\">\nYou\u2019re probably not the only one who may have skipped reading the new terms. However, changes in the privacy policy of a chat app with more than 2 billion users are noteworthy. The high-level theme of this new policy is to integrate better with Facebook\u2018s family of products, grant leeway for increased interaction with businesses, and gather financial data from users.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1333165 size-full lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/01\/IMG_0590-e1609924523713.png\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/facebook\/2021\/01\/06\/heres-what-that-whatsapp-privacy-policy-pop-up-means-for-you\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenextweb.com%2Ffacebook%2F2021%2F01%2F06%2Fheres-what-that-whatsapp-privacy-policy-pop-up-means-for-you%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: WhatsApp\u2019s new privacy policy change popup\" data-title=\"Share WhatsApp\u2019s new privacy policy change popup on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share WhatsApp\u2019s new privacy policy change popup on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>WhatsApp\u2019s new privacy policy change popup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The app collects a lot of metadata related to the account such as the phone number, your profile picture, your usage patterns (features you use, groups you\u2019ve joined, and status in the Story format), and device data.<\/p>\n<p>While most of it is just restructured into different sections from older versions of the privacy policy, the company has added a section called \u201cTransaction and Payments Data\u201d in a push for Facebook\u2019s various payment services to let you pay for different goods.\u00a0<span>And that brings us to the integration push.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Integration_with_Facebook_companies\"><\/span>Integration with Facebook companies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The updated policy says that WhatsApp may send you marketing material about Facebook companies. Plus, the firm will use your data collected from the app and other Facebook services for content suggestions, people recommendations, and ads along with service improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook has already integrated Instagram and Messenger for cross-platform communication. And with this new change, it aims to provide \u201cintegrations which enable you to connect your WhatsApp experiences with other Facebook Company Products.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-featured_img wp-image-1333167 lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"796\" height=\"542\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-06-at-2.10.41-PM-796x542.png\" data-lazy=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-06-at-2.10.41-PM-796x542.png 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-06-at-2.10.41-PM-280x191.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-06-at-2.10.41-PM-396x270.png 396w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-06-at-2.10.41-PM-198x135.png 198w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-06-at-2.10.41-PM.png 944w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/facebook\/2021\/01\/06\/heres-what-that-whatsapp-privacy-policy-pop-up-means-for-you\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenextweb.com%2Ffacebook%2F2021%2F01%2F06%2Fheres-what-that-whatsapp-privacy-policy-pop-up-means-for-you%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: WhatsApp\u2019s plan to work with other Facebook companies\" data-title=\"Share WhatsApp\u2019s plan to work with other Facebook companies on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share WhatsApp\u2019s plan to work with other Facebook companies on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>WhatsApp\u2019s plan to work with other Facebook companies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Interacting_with_businesses\"><\/span>Interacting with businesses<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>WhatsApp Business \u2014\u00a0<span>\u00a0the service that lets merchants communicate with regular users on the platform, using additional commerce features<\/span> \u2014 has grown quite a bit in the last few years, with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/technology\/apps\/over-15-million-in-india-use-whatsapp-business-app-every-month-11594296604818.html\">more than 50 million users.<\/a> To expand this figure, the company will let businesses integrate other services into the chat app. So, as a part of that, third-party apps might be able to read your communication on behalf of the business you\u2019re interacting with.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, third-party services you use inside WhatsApp may be able to get some of your information. For instance, an in-app video player may know your IP address. While allowing in-app interactions may add convenience to users, it\u2019s important to know what information they\u2019re giving away in exchange.<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp\u2019s changes come on the heels of controversy that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2021\/01\/03\/whatsapp-beaten-by-apples-new-imessage-update-for-iphone-users\/?sh=212760c33623\">suggests the chat app collects much more data than Apple\u2019s iMessage,<\/a> if we go by the App Store\u2019s privacy label. While the new privacy policy doesn\u2019t have a direct impact on your usage, we might see changes in the way we interact with the app in long term.<\/p>\n<p>You can read WhatsApp\u2019s updated privacy policy <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/legal\/updates\/privacy-policy\/?lang=en\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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