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Users to lose access to WhatsApp if its privacy policy not accepted by 8 February

Jan. 9: Users now have no choice but to let WhatsApp share your data with company parent Facebook if you’d like to keep using the service. The messaging app has published a new privacy policy, which takes effect on Feb. 8. “After this date, you’ll need to accept these updates to continue using WhatsApp,” the service has been telling users via an in-app alert that asks them to agree to the policy. If you don’t agree, the same alert subtly suggests you delete your account.

WhatsApp privacy policy update

Here is an extract from the new privacy policy, with some of the data that WhatsApp collects —

“We collect device and connection-specific information when you install, access, or use our Services. This includes information such as hardware model, operating system information, battery level, signal strength, app version, browser information, mobile network, connection information (including phone number, mobile operator or ISP), language and time zone, IP address, device operations information, and identifiers (including identifiers unique to Facebook Company Products associated with the same device or account).”
The new privacy policy for WhatsApp offers no such opt-out. It goes on to specify what kind of information it can collect and also share with Facebook and its subsidiary companies. The data includes the phone number for your WhatsApp account, profile name and photo, who you’ve been communicating with, and the financial transactions you’ve made over the app.

The new privacy policy

“We share your information to help us operate, provide, improve, understand, customize, support, and market our services,” WhatsApp adds in the privacy policy. The will include sending you friend recommendations, personalizing content, and showing relevant ad offers across Facebook’s various products.

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