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Nigerian govt kicks as WhatsApp moves to share user information with Facebook, others
The Federal Government, through the Minister of
Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has kicked
against WhatsApp’s updated Privacy Policy.
The Policy states that the application will share
information about the users on their platform with their parent company
(Facebook), as well as other sister companies.
The information includes user phone numbers, “transaction
data, service-related information, information on how you interact with others
(including businesses) when using our Services, mobile device information, your
IP address”.
Furthermore, WhatsApp has indicated that users who refuse to
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The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi, says the partnership between the agency and MassChallenge on Start-Ups will catalyze the Nigeria’s startup ecosystem.
According to him, a vibrant start-up ecosystem is needed to guarantee the future of our country as they would be vital to finding solutions to our various challenges.
Abdulla made the remarks on Tuesday at a media stakeholder engagement on the Bridge to MassChallenge initiative organized by promoters of NITDA-MassChallenge partnership.
The NITDA boss explained that the collaboration between NITDa and MassChallenge was conceived to enable the Nigerian startups community step up to a global and competitive level, giving the setbacks they suffered under COVID-19 crisis.
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