WhatsApp Responses to Concurrence and proc Policy Updates

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WhatsApp this week published of its updated and responding to concerns that the firm behind the text-messaging app shares personal information with parent company  WhatsApp noted the update does not affect the of messages with friends and family, and instead relates to messaging businesses through the platform.  The company also said the update "provides further transparency about how we collect and use data."

WhatsApp emphasized that neither it nor Facebook can see users' private messages or hear their calls.  WhatsApp also doesn't keep logs of who people message or call, can't see your shared location (neither can Facebook), doesn't share users' contacts with Facebook and keeps WhatsApp groups private, according to the FAQ.

The publication of the FAQ follows calls from privacy advocates, concerned users and, notably,  secure messaging app, said on Tuesday it, surpassed 500 million active users.  It noted that in just the last 72 hours, it gained more than 25 million new global users.

Under WhatsApp's privacy policy, businesses have the option to use "secure hosting services from Facebook to manage WhatsApp chats with their customers, answer questions, and send helpful information like purchase receipts," WhatsApp says.  If you communicate with a businesses, it can see what you're saying and then use that information for marketing, which could include advertising on Facebook.  WhatsApp says it clearly labels conversations with businesses that use Facebook's hosting services

Additionally, for users who interact with Facebook's Shops commerce feature via WhatsApp, their shopping activity can be used to display related ads on Facebook and Instagram.  WhatsApp says this feature is optional and that when you use it, "we will tell you in the app how your data is being shared with Facebook."

Lastly, if you find an ad on Facebook with the option to message a business through WhatsApp and then do so, Facebook could use the way you interact with that ad to show more related ads on the social platform.

WhatsApp head Will Cathcart tweeted on Friday: "With end-to-end encryption, we cannot see your private chats or calls and neither can Facebook. We're committed to this technology and committed to defending it globally."





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Tech mogul Elon Musk - known as widely for slinging cars into the sun's orbit as he is for advocating against COVID-19 safety measures - took to Twitter last week to slam Facebook over its latest privacy policy updates for its supposedly secure encrypted messaging app  WhatsApp.  Musk instead recommended users choose encrypted messaging app Signal.