WhatsApp will not share data with Facebook in this country, change in policy

WhatsApp has been under criticism for the last few days due to its new privacy policy. Actually, under this new policy of the company, users’ data is going to be shared with Facebook, this new policy is going to be implemented from February 8. However, due to this new step of the company, WhatsApp is also facing a lot of loss, a large number of users are leaving WhatsApp and resorting to other messaging platforms like Signal and Telegram etc. But now it seems that the company is pulling back in view of the increasing losses. Yes, according to the latest information, WhatsApp will not share the data of European region users with Facebook. This information has been given by Europe’s WhatsApp Policy Director Niamh Sweeney herself.

By Niamh Sweeney Tweet Informed through WhatsApp that WhatsApp will not share the data of users of the European region with Facebook. He told that even after this update, there will be no change in the practice of sharing data of WhatsApp in Europe. WhatsApp will not share European Region WhatsApp users’ data with Facebook to improve its products or advertising.

Let us tell you, WhatsApp had issued a clarification regarding its privacy policy update on Tuesday. Facebook’s parent messaging service WhatsApp had said in its statement that the recent changes in its policy will not affect the privacy of your messages with friends or family members. WhatsApp said that there are many false rumors going on in the market regarding the privacy of users on its platform, which is absolutely not true. The company said that it refutes all these rumors and it will continue to keep users’ private messages secure through end-to-end encryption.

It is worth noting that WhatsApp has made changes in its privacy policy. This information is being given to all the users through the app. Facebook-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp has given users time till February 8 to accept the new policy. The thing to keep in mind is that if a user does not accept this policy, his account will be deleted. The policy has been updated for both Android and iOS platforms.