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  WhatsApp delays privacy policy update as fleeing users voice concerns

  Posted by Nigel Brown on 16 January 2021 at 3:21 am

  WhatsApp delays privacy policy update as fleeing users voice concerns over Facebook data-sharing with NO opt-out. Do you trust an oppressive left wing control freak to keep his word when he suppresses free speech on his platforms?

  WhatsApp said it will push back a planned policy update to give users time to review its terms amid fears the Facebook-owned platform will share private data with its parent company, helping to drive a mass migration from the app.

  The chat application announced on Friday that it would delay the update until mid-May, blaming “confusion” and “misinformation” for growing privacy concerns among customers while insisting that it would not hand additional user data, such as private messages, to Facebook under its new policies.

  Under the 2016 policy, however, users were given a one-time opportunity to opt out of sending data to Facebook. That option will no longer be available under the update, now set to take effect May 15, forcing customers to ship off their information as a condition of using the platform.

  As of today, WhatsApp now shares a larger body of data with its parent firm, including “transaction data, service-related information, information on how you interact with others (including businesses)…, mobile device information, your IP address,” while the company says it may also share “other information” specified elsewhere in its privacy policy.

  So who do you trust with your data and privacy, an oppressive free speech hating left wing control freak or yourself?

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