After criticism and controversy … WhatsApp clarifies “your privacy is safe, on condition”

The move of the world famous messaging app “WhatsApp” to update the privacy policy has generated much controversy, for fear of violating privacy, waves of mass migration have arisen to other apps from Similar messaging, after the green app forced users to agree to share their various data with Facebook, otherwise it will be deleted from their story on February 8.

In the new case, the Facebook-owned messaging app issued a clarification, stressing that your privacy will not be affected if you don’t use two optional features. In the FAQ section, WhatsApp said that the new privacy policy does not affect your messages with your friends and family.

Business accounts only

According to the company, the update will only affect messages sent to work accounts on the popular messaging app, which the user optionally adds, according to what was reported Tuesday by “Business Insider.”

She also explained that the app, which has around 2.2 billion users worldwide, provides full encryption for personal messages to all users. WhatsApp or Facebook cannot read your messages or hear your calls.

He also added that he does not keep logs of users’ messages and calls because he considers it a “risk to privacy and security”.

She also confirmed that WhatsApp does not share your contacts with other Facebook apps.

As for what the app will share, WhatsApp has said it will share data on how you interact with businesses on its app.

Display ads

In addition, WhatsApp Business accounts will also be able to use the Facebook store platform to display their products on the popular app. If you shop from businesses that use the store platform, your shopping activity data will be shared with Facebook and used to display ads on the Blue Site and Instagram.

It should be noted that the new privacy policy of “WhatsApp” provides for the sharing of phone number, server address and mobile phone data with “Facebook”, which had acquired “WhatsApp” in 2014, and the new privacy policy has raised concern among technology experts and data protection and user rights advocates. Especially those who are concerned about protecting their data and fear a resurgence in data leakage crises, like the one that led Facebook to U.S. federal investigations into large-scale data breach incidents.