WhatsApp para retrasar nueva política de privacidad

WhatsApp anunció el viernes un retraso de tres meses de una nueva política de privacidad originalmente programada para entrar en vigencia el 8 de febrero luego de una confusión generalizada sobre si la nueva política enviar datos compartiendo con Facebook.

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.

WHATSAPP ESTÁ TRATANDO DE ELIMINAR LA CONFUSIÓN SOBRE SUS PRÁCTICAS DE PRIVACIDAD

“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 nueva entrada de blog publicada hoy.

WhatsApp con Facebook

Desde 2016, WhatsApp ha compartido cierta información con Facebook, incluido su número de teléfono, a menos que usted fuera uno de los pocos usuarios seleccionados que eligió optar por no compartir datos mientras la opción todavía estaba disponible ese año. 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.

A pesar de esto, una ventana emergente que informaba a los usuarios sobre el nuevo cambio incluía una mención de cómo WhatsApp se asocia con Facebook, y también incluía un ultimátum que instruía a los usuarios a eliminar su cuenta. Además, si optaron por no aceptar los nuevos términos. Eso le dio a la gente la idea de que estaban siendo llevados a términos nuevos y más invasivos.

La compañia lanzó una publicación de blog separada esta semana tratando de aclarar la confusión, e incluyó un cuadro que especifica qué información está protegida y no compartida cuando alguien usa WhatsApp.

Queremos abordar algunos rumores y ser 100% claro, continuamos protegiendo sus mensajes privados con cifrado de extremo a extremo. pic.twitter.com/6qDnzQ98MP

- WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) 12 de enero de 2021

WhatsApp con telegrama

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 aumento en las suscripciones para los competidores de mensajería como Signal y Telegram.

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 dice el borde 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 comenzó a previsualizarse en octubre.

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 nueva política de privacidad

“The update includes new options people will have to message a negocios en 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.”

Actualización 15 de enero, 3:26 p. m. 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.