{"id":5133,"date":"2017-04-11T10:55:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T05:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=5133"},"modified":"2017-04-11T10:55:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T05:25:41","slug":"stop-whatsapp-sharing-data-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/stop-whatsapp-sharing-data-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stop WhatsApp from sharing your data with Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"

WhatsApp first time changes its terms and privacy policy from last four years.\u00a0This latest privacy policy and T&C about Whatsapp will share your user\u2019s data, phone number and account information with Facebook<\/strong>\u00a0to show you more relevant ads, provides better friend recommendations and show you more appropriate ads. If you don\u2019t want to share your details with facebook then follow these steps to Stop WhatsApp from sharing your data with Facebook.<\/p>\n[ad type=”banner”]\n

In 2014 WhatsApp sold to Facebook,\u00a0that time they told that it would never share or sell users private information to anyone. But now WhatsApp share user data with its parent company Facebook. But user have the rights and option to\u00a0stop WhatsApp from sharing your data with Facebook<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Why they updated their policy to share user data with Facebook<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

WhatsApp<\/a>\u00a0says they updated their policy to share user data with Facebook to fight spam on WhatsApp \u201cWhether it\u2019s hearing from your bank about a potentially fraudulent transaction or getting notified by an airline about a delayed flight, many of us get this information elsewhere, including in text messages and phone calls. We want to test these features in the next several months, but need to update our terms and privacy policy to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n

What information is being shared with Facebook<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

WhatsApp shares Users Data and account information including individual\u2019s phone numbers. But that won\u2019t be sell, share, or give your phone number to advertisers. WhatsApp stated that, it wouldn\u2019t share your messages, photos, and account information, will be shared on Facebook or any of our other family of apps for others to see, and nothing you post on Facebook will be shared on WhatsApp for others to see.<\/p>\n

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Will there be ads on WhatsApp now<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

No, you won\u2019t. \u201cWe still do not allow third-party banner ads on WhatsApp,\u201d the company says. \u201cWe do not want you to have a spammy experience<\/strong>; as with all of your messages, you can manage these communications, and we will honor the choices you make.\u201d<\/p>\n

How to stop WhatsApp from sharing your data with Facebook<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

The existing users also still stop WhatsApp from sharing your data with Facebook. If you have not accepted the updated privacy policy yet, before clicking on the \u201cAgree\u201d button, select read more. You should see a checkbox at the bottom of the page. Uncheck it\u00a0stop WhatsApp data sharing with Facebook<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If you already updated WhatsApp and accepted their terms and privacy policy, you still have 30 days to change the decision. Follow these steps to\u00a0Stop WhatsApp from sharing your data with Facebook.<\/p>\n

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  1. Open\u00a0WhatsApp<\/a>\u00a0on your phone.<\/li>\n
  2. Now\u00a0open setting menu<\/strong>\u00a0by pressing three dot from the top right corner.<\/li>\n
  3. \u00a0Open\u00a0Settings<\/strong>\u00a0and click on\u00a0Account.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Uncheck\u00a0Share my account info<\/strong>\u00a0and tap on\u00a0Don\u2019t share<\/strong>\u00a0to disable the feature.<\/li>\n
  5. Done!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"How<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    How to Stop WhatsApp from sharing your data with Facebook – Android – WhatsApp first time changes its terms and privacy policy from last four years .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1791],"tags":[12980,12976,12970,12979,12978,12969,12977,12975,12974,12982,12971,12972,12968,12981,12973],"class_list":["post-5133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-android","tag-how-to-stop-whatsapp-from-sharing-your-data-with-facebook6","tag-share-my-account-info-whatsapp","tag-share-my-account-info-whatsapp-not-showing","tag-whatsapp-and-facebook-merger","tag-whatsapp-facebook-contacts","tag-whatsapp-facebook-data-sharing","tag-whatsapp-facebook-opt-out","tag-whatsapp-facebook-share","tag-whatsapp-opt-out-ios","tag-whatsapp-privacy-facebook","tag-whatsapp-share-my-account-info-disappeared","tag-whatsapp-share-my-account-info-iphone","tag-whatsapp-share-my-account-info-missing","tag-whatsapp-share-my-account-info-not-showing","tag-whatsappsettingsaccountshare-my-account-info"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}