WhatsApp para atrasar nova política de privacidade

O WhatsApp anunciou na sexta-feira um atraso de três meses em uma nova política de privacidade originalmente programada para entrar em vigor em 8 de fevereiro, após uma confusão generalizada sobre se a nova política seria enviar compartilhamento de dados com o 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.

O WHATSAPP ESTÁ TENTANDO ESCLARECER CONFUSÃO SOBRE SUAS PRÁTICAS DE PRIVACIDADE

“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 novo post publicado hoje.

WhatsApp com Facebook

Desde 2016, o WhatsApp compartilha certas informações com o Facebook, incluindo seu número de telefone, a menos que você seja um dos poucos usuários selecionados que optou por desativar o compartilhamento de dados enquanto a opção ainda estava disponível naquele ano. 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.

Apesar disso, um pop-up informando os usuários sobre a nova mudança incluiu menção de como o WhatsApp faz parceria com o Facebook e também incluiu um ultimato instruindo os usuários a excluir sua conta. Além disso, se optaram por não concordar com os novos termos. Então, isso deu às pessoas a ideia de que estavam sendo levadas a termos novos e mais invasivos.

A empresa lançou um post separado no blog esta semana tentando esclarecer a confusão, incluiu um gráfico que especifica quais informações são protegidas e não compartilhadas quando alguém usa o WhatsApp.

Queremos resolver alguns rumores e deixar 100% claro que continuamos a proteger suas mensagens privadas com criptografia de ponta a ponta. pic.twitter.com/6qDnzQ98MP

-WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) 12 de janeiro de 2021

WhatsApp com Telegram

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 nas inscrições para concorrentes de mensagens como Signal e 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 diz A Beira 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 começou a pré-visualizar em outubro.

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.

Nova política de privacidade do WhatsApp

“The update includes new options people will have to message a negócios no 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.”

Atualização em 15 de janeiro, 15h26 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.