Very early Yesterday morning an update was made on this blog about an update by Whatsapp, the update was that Whatsapp would begin sharing some WhatsApp user data – including your phone number – with the parent company Facebook. Both companies say the new policy will help find friends and “improve your ads on Facebook and product experience”, but also give companies a new way to reach potential customers with WhatsApp describe situations in banks and airlines use your phone number to contact fraudulent payments or delayed flights.
WhatsApp has promised that will not sell or share this number with advertisers, but still resist the idea to put your telephone number where a legion of hungry brands could see, you’re in luck – you always have the option of stop WhatsApp Facebook to distribute the new data if you act quickly. There are two methods, like the notes of the motherboard, but the first to do before accepting new conditions of service messaging application. Instead of clicking “agree” blindly, press the smaller option “read more” below, and uncheck the “Share information about my account with Facebook WhatsApp.
How To Disagree With Their New Terms And Privacy Policy
You will see a page asking you to tap on agree to the new terms and privacy policy when you lunch your updated whatsapp, to disagree!
- Tap on read
- Then uncheck share my whatsapp account information with facebook
How To Opt Out
Don’t worry if you’ve already accepted those new terms, however — you’ve still have 30 days to opt out.
This steps apply to both Andiod and IOS users
- Head to the app’s settings menu, and
- Then press the account tab
- From there, you can uncheck the box reading “Share my account info” to stop providing Facebook with your user data.
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