WhatsApp, um neue Datenschutzrichtlinien zu verzögern

WhatsApp kündigte am Freitag eine dreimonatige Verzögerung einer neuen Datenschutzrichtlinie an, die ursprünglich am 8. Februar in Kraft treten sollte, nachdem weit verbreitete Verwirrung darüber herrschte, ob die neue Richtlinie dies tun würde Datenaustausch mit Facebook senden.

Moreover, the update does not in fact affect data sharing with Facebook with regard to user chats or other profile information. So WhatsApp has repeatedly clarified that its update addresses business chats in the event a user converses with a company’s customer service platform through WhatsApp.

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“We’ve heard from so many people how much confusion there is around our recent update.  So there’s been a lot of misinformation causing concern and we want to help everyone understand our principles and the facts,” the company wrote in a neuer Blogbeitrag heute veröffentlicht.

Whatsapp mit Facebook

Seit 2016 teilt WhatsApp bestimmte Informationen mit Facebook, einschließlich Ihrer Telefonnummer, es sei denn, Sie waren einer der wenigen ausgewählten Benutzer, die dies tun entschied sich dafür, die Datenfreigabe abzulehnen, solange die Option in diesem Jahr noch verfügbar war. However, look at people’s chat messages or listen to their phone calls, and WhatsApp conversations are end-to-end encrypted to protect against those abuses.

Trotzdem enthielt ein Pop-up, das die Benutzer über die neue Änderung informierte, einen Hinweis darauf, wie WhatsApp mit Facebook zusammenarbeitet, und es enthielt auch ein Ultimatum, das die Benutzer anwies, ihr Konto zu löschen. Darüber hinaus, wenn sie sich entschieden haben, den neuen Bedingungen nicht zuzustimmen. Das gab den Leuten die Idee, dass sie in neue, invasivere Begriffe eingeschleust wurden.

Das Unternehmen hat diese Woche einen separaten Blogbeitrag veröffentlicht versucht, die Verwirrung zu beseitigen, und enthielt ein Diagramm, das angibt, welche Informationen geschützt und nicht weitergegeben werden, wenn jemand WhatsApp verwendet.

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WhatsApp mit Telegramm

However, numerous media reports highlighting the addition of new. Firstly, broad language in the privacy policy (language WhatsApp says has been misconstrued to imply mandated data sharing).  Secondly, misinformation on social media have coalesced into a full-blown WhatsApp privacy backlash. So The result has been a Anstieg der Anmeldungen für Messaging-Konkurrenten wie Signal und Telegramm.

Facebook executives includs Instagram chief Adam Mosseri and WhatsApp head Will Cathcart. So it used Twitter to try to clear up the confusion, it seems with little success. Moreover, Facebook’s poor privacy track record.  However, the fact that WhatsApp has over time turned its sights on monetizing the platform for its large international user base. So it has eroded trust in the chat app, which, in turn, has had the effect of turning a relatively mundane update into a worldwide controversy.

WhatsApp says it’s now going to use this three-month delay to better communicate both the changes in its new policy.  So its long-standing privacy practices around personal chats, location sharing, and other sensitive data. Moreover, “We’re now moving back the date on which people will be asked to review and accept the terms,” the blog post reads.

“THIS UPDATE DOES NOT EXPAND OUR ABILITY TO SHARE DATA WITH FACEBOOK.”

So WhatsApp says no one will be losing access to the app if they didn’t agree to the new terms of service agreement. However, it was  communicated the changes earlier this month. So “We’re also going to do a lot more to clear up the misinformation around how privacy and security works on WhatsApp. Moreover, we’ll then go to people gradually to review the policy at their own pace before new business options are available on May 15,”.

WhatsApp erzählt Der Rand the policy won’t be changing when it does come out. The intent of the update is communicating to users that messages with businesses on WhatsApp may be stored on Facebook servers. So this necessitates data sharing between the two companies (that data, WhatsApp says, can be used for businesses for the purpose of advertising). However, Facebook does not share it across its apps automatically). WhatsApp still intends to release the update on May 15th to coincide with new business chat features it begann im Oktober mit der Vorschau.

But the company hopes the extra time will help it get a handle on the controversy and better improve its messaging around what’s actually changing.

WhatsApp neue Datenschutzrichtlinie

“The update includes new options people will have to message a Geschäft auf WhatsApp, and provides further transparency about how we collect and use data. While not everyone shops with a business on WhatsApp today. So we think that more people will choose to do so in the future and it’s important people are aware of these services. ” The blog post reads. “This update does not expand our ability to share data with Facebook.”

Update 15. Januar, 15:26 Uhr ET: Clarified how WhatsApp’s new privacy policy will treat data collected during chats with businesses as part of the upcoming privacy policy change, now going into effect on May 15th.