Why Privacy Experts Are Worried About WhatsApp’s New Privacy Policy?

India’s largest messaging app by user base, WhatsApp has updated its terms and privacy policy, asking users consent to share their data with Facebook

The new policy targets business interactions, transactions and other business-related features, which will allow WhatsApp and Facebook to support third-party service providers

Users who do not accept the new privacy policy of WhatsApp will lose their account on February 8, 2021

Social media giant Facebook’s messaging arm WhatsApp has courted controversy once again. India’s largest messaging app by user base, WhatsApp has updated its terms and privacy policy, asking users consent to share their data with Facebook. 

Under the new terms and conditions, WhatsApp would share transaction data, mobile device information, IP addresses, and other data on how users interact with businesses on WhatsApp and with Facebook group companies, including Instagram. But that’s not the real problem. Every internet company uses consumer data to make…

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