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    WhatsApp has updated its privacy policy and terms of service to better integrate with other products and services offered by its parent company Facebook.
    The most prominent changes deal with how WhatsApp shares information with Facebook and its subsidiaries.

    The instant messaging app can now share phone numbers and transaction data with Facebook. The aim is to also promote safety.

    “As we’ve previously informed in October 2020, as part of WhatsApp’s business vision, in order to enable users and businesses better, we are updating our terms of service and privacy policy as we work to make WhatsApp a great way to get answers or help from a business. Privacy policy and terms updates are common in the tech industry, as you know. Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA. Since we started WhatsApp, we’ve built our services with a set of strong privacy principles in mind,” said a WhatsApp spokesperson.

    The privacy policy and terms come into effect on February 8th.

    Experts said this means that if a user won’t accept the new changes, they will lose access to the app or may not be able to use all the features.

    WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy and terms of service provide information on how the app collects and handles user information. These include areas such as “transactions and payments data” and “location information”. There is also a section related to data on “business interactions” taking place on the platform.

    WhatsApp currently shares certain categories of information with Facebook, like account registration information (such as phone number), transaction data and service-related information. It also shares information on how users interact with others (including businesses) when using its services, mobile device information, IP address.

    Regarding location information, WhatsApp collects and uses precise location information from users’ devices with their permission.

    Even if users do not use location-related features, it uses IP addresses and other information like phone number area codes to estimate their general location.

    This article first appeared in the NFA Post and is republished with permission.

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