WhatsApp will share more user data with Facebook

clock • 2 min read

WhatsApp says the move will enable it to better integrate with other Facebook products and services, but there are privacy concerns

Users of popular instant messaging service WhatsApp will no longer have the choice of opting out of sharing their personal data with Facebook. On Monday, WhatsApp published a new privacy policy ...

To continue reading this article...

Join Computing

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the technology industry
  • Receive important and breaking news in our daily newsletter
  • Be the first to hear about our events and awards programmes
  • Join live member only interviews with IT leaders at the ‘IT Lounge’; your chance to ask your burning tech questions and have them answered
  • Access to the Computing Delta hub providing market intelligence and research
  • Receive our members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from senior IT Leaders

Join now

 

Already a Computing member?

Login

You may also like
Meta reveals WhatsApp and Messenger interoperability strategy

Social Networking

EU DMA compliance move comes as South Korea mulls antitrust measures against Meta

clock 11 March 2024 • 3 min read
Facebook and Instagram down across the world

Social Networking

Facebook and Instagram are both down for many users around the world.

clock 05 March 2024 • 1 min read
WhatsApp to support cross-platform messaging

Social Networking

Impending EU regulations are driving WhatsApp towards interoperability

clock 09 February 2024 • 2 min read

More on Privacy

Avast faces fine for tracking and selling user data

Avast faces fine for tracking and selling user data

Claimed to protect data, but collected and sold it instead

clock 25 February 2024 • 2 min read
ICO orders Serco Leisure to stop biometric monitoring of staff

ICO orders Serco Leisure to stop biometric monitoring of staff

'Prioritising business interests over its employees’ privacy'

John Leonard
clock 23 February 2024 • 3 min read
NHS England challenged over redacted Palantir contract

NHS England challenged over redacted Palantir contract

NHS must respond this month

clock 20 February 2024 • 3 min read