Many users were non happy alongside the move, because in that place was no existent agency of opting out from the information sharing – WhatsApp users could exclusively create thus inside a curt menstruum – in addition to fifty-fifty if users did opt out then, roughly information would nevertheless endure shared.
Eventually, roughly countries similar Great Britain stood upward in addition to opposed the decision.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) of the Great Britain has asked Facebook in addition to WhatsApp to meliorate explicate the changes to its customers inwards the U.K. And if they don't, the ICO could manus out a heavy fine.
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In response, the social media giant has agreed to "pause" sharing of data, including their band numbers, betwixt WhatsApp in addition to Facebook inwards Great Britain to target advertisements on its total social network.
"We convey immediately asked Facebook in addition to WhatsApp to sign an task committing to meliorate explaining to customers how their information volition endure used, in addition to to giving users ongoing command over that information," Elizabeth Denham, the Information Commissioner, wrote inwards a acquired WhatsApp for $19 Billion inwards 2014, users were worried almost the company's commitment to protecting its users' privacy. But, WhatsApp reassured them that their privacy would non endure compromised inwards whatsoever way.
But later the deal, the WhatsApp users felt betrayed past times the company.
After introducing end-to-end encryption, WhatsApp has larn i of the most pop secure messaging apps, only this shift inwards its privacy policy may strength roughly users to switch to other secure apps similar Telegram in addition to Signal.
Neither Facebook nor WhatsApp has yet responded to the Information Commissioner's announcement.
