While the world is renewing itself and developing technology, WhatsApp continues to be one of the sensational news of recent times. As you know, we can say that WhatsApp, which has lost 200 million users with a statement about its privacy policy in recent days, has upset everyone by declaring that it will not implement this policy. So what happened? Why did WhatsApp give up its step back? What's the latest on privacy policy today? Does it attack our personal data by sending our messages and location to Facebook, as many of us fear? Contrary to popular belief, WhatsApp does not actually attack our personal data because it cannot make a very accurate statement. Or at least it wouldn't be right to say that such a thing is out of the question for now.
WhatsApp explains the privacy and security of our personal messaging under the following headings:
We cannot read your personal messages or listen to your calls. Facebook cannot read or listen to these contents either.
We do not keep track of who users message or call.
We cannot see the location you shared. Facebook cannot see your location either.
We do not share your contacts with Facebook.
Groups remain private.
You can set your messages to disappear: To further increase privacy, you can set your messages to disappear from chats after you send them.
So what does WhatsApp do? Why does it confuse us all like this?
Because of business accounts. As you know, there is also a "business" version on all digital platforms. A version in which businesses can communicate more easily with their customers and, if necessary, advertise and track statistics. We can say that in this version, your WhastApp privacy is 'compromised'. So what is WhatsApp's statement on this matter?
Business messaging and how we work with Facebook:
Millions of people around the world communicate securely with businesses of all sizes via WhatsApp every day. We want to offer you an easier and better experience if you choose to message with businesses. We will always make this clear when you contact any business using the following features on WhatsApp.
Facebook hosting services: Messaging with businesses is different than messaging with family or friends. Some large businesses need to use hosting services to manage their communications. For this reason, businesses; We offer the option to use secure hosting services provided by Facebook to manage WhatsApp chats with customers, answer questions and send useful information such as purchase receipts. But whether you contact a business by phone, email or WhatsApp, that business can see what you say and use that information for its own marketing activities, including advertising on Facebook. To make sure you're informed, we add clear labels to all conversations with businesses that choose to use Facebook hosted services.
Discovering businesses:
You may see ads on Facebook that include a button you can use to send a message to a specific business via WhatsApp. If you have WhatsApp installed on your phone, you have the option of sending a message to the relevant business. The way you interact with these ads may be used by Facebook to personalize the ads you see on Facebook.
As a result, when you contact a business via WhatsApp, the business may go beyond your 'privacy' principles by using the conversations with you as a marketing element outside the scope of personal data protection. WhatsApp aims to do you the courtesy of obtaining your approval with this information, but of course it is up to you not to use it.
