Image: ReutersWhatsApp has a new privacy policy.
Users of the messenger application WhatsApp have shared their frustration and annoyance about the platform’s new terms of service, with some having already migrated to other platforms.
Last week, the Facebook-owned messenger app introduced new terms, requesting users to agree and allow Facebook and its subsidiaries to collect user data from their devices.
The move has raised many questions about the invasion of user privacy. The new privacy policy is in a bid to have users’ personal data readily available for businesses to target them more specifically.
The messaging service will change the processing of data. It will also change how businesses can use Facebook hosted services to store and manage users’ WhatsApp chats. This means, there will be more integration of Facebook’s other products with WhatsApp.