WhatsApp: So you contradict the data transfer to Facebook
WhatsApp updated its terms of service at the end of August 2016. Usage data and phone numbers will be shared with Facebook in the future. You can contradict that. Here's how to do it.
That's what the two services are planning
Facebook announces that it wants to improve its ads by personalizing the data it has gained. The goal behind this is higher advertising revenue. In addition, the friend search should be expanded with the new data. Data sharing also affects WhatsApp users who do not have a Facebook account. Your mobile number ends up on Facebook. WhatsApp also plans for the future that companies no longer approach their customers by mail, but can use WhatsApp as a channel.
When buying WhatsApp a connection was not provided
Since the beginning of 2014 WhatsApp belongs to Facebook. The purchase employed the antitrust authorities at that time. A connection of the two services with regard to a data exchange was not provided. But now it's time to reimport the $ 19 billion that the social network has turned over to WhatsApp.
Contradict the data transfer
If you have already agreed to the terms of use, you can undo your consent until 30 days later under Settings> Account> Share my account info. You remove the check mark there or put the green switch over. However, this only applies to the use of data for advertising. Nevertheless, information is passed on because it should also be used for other purposes, such as improving infrastructure and delivery systems and combating spam, abuse or acts of infringement. be used. If you do not have the option "share my account info?", Then you have either not yet agreed to the new terms of use, so that this point does not even appear in your opinion, or you have already deselected this setting when agreeing.
Check settings on Facebook regularly
If you're already checking your settings on WhatsApp, then take a look at your Facebook settings. The so-called Invite History reveals which contacts you've shared with Facebook so far. If you use the Facebook messenger, here are also under? Settings? and? people? the ability to synchronize the point? Contacts? to disable.
Pros and cons of data transfer
In terms of data protection, it is a sensitive issue if usage data and telephone numbers are given. For the non-users of WhatsApp and Facebook I find it annoying that contact lists can be read out and there is no room for maneuver to exclude his own number from being passed on to all services.
On the other hand, the use of WhatsApp (as well as Facebook) is free, there is an end-to-end encryption, so that no one can view the data exchanged among members. Behind it is a company that makes this service possible, and of course the money has to come in. After all, it does like other internet services or portals, with funding via advertisers. If you take a look at the average number of Facebook friends of about 350, then surely there are some on the friend search, so this feature is indeed welcome.
Personally, I would now be willing to pay a monthly fee for using the services that are important to me and thus be free from tapping my data. In the case of WhatsApp, for me, I have not asked my contacts if I can share them. That would be me in the "real"? Do not live like that either. So, a little bit of netiquette, mindful behavior on the net, does not hurt.
