Escape from whatsapp? It takes more. But something like this happened: We found that after years of debate and scams or alleged use and misuse of our data, accepting the terms of service is no longer a formality.
In the past week, millions of people worldwide have downloaded messaging applications The hint (1.3 million a day) e Wire (25 million in three days) because the best known – and used by two billion people – WhatsApp Will modify its terms of use, e Communicated it a little clumsy.
Hey To use the words of the Italian Data Protection Authority, Which has alerted its European counterparts and does not rule out emergency intervention: Unclear and inappropriate To allow the expression of a free and conscious desire. This update provides additional transparency and does not affect privacy, an app spokesperson responded.
What changed then? From May 15, you will have to accept the new terms to continue using WhatsApp (if you don’t already do so, the app will ask you with notice by May 15). The February 8 deadline was set, with WhatsApp then postponing it for three months – they say – to allow people more time to review and understand the news and clarify the misinformation (read: controversies And to address concerns) guarantor). In Italy and the rest of Europe, where the GDPR privacy regulation comes into force from 2018, which among other things enforces the transparency desired by our guarantor, the changes are minimal: Facebook, which has Bought whatsapp in 2014, You will continue to see the email address with which users register with the app or the information on the device they use and will not be able to use this information to continue, as by attorney Ernesto Bellisario Has been explained. .
Main innovation related to The companies Those who use WhatsApp software to communicate with customers, and will have access to the conversation for marketing purposes, or those who sell on Facebook shops and can be contacted on WhatsApp. This is the focus area, Because Mark Zuckerberg intended to let us use his family of apps – including Instagram for purchases and payments.
In the rest of the world and in the United States, where privacy concerns have mixed with Content moderation after the attack on Capitol Hill, It becomes mandatory to accept that data such as mobile number or WhatsApp address book can be used to show by Facebook Personal Ad. It may already happen, but from 2016 onwards it was optional.
Neither in Europe nor in the rest of the world, Facebook or WhatsApp have access to the content of messages or calls because it is encrypted.
In 2016, Tomaso Valletti, Professor of Economics at Imperial College London, was the Chief Economist at the European Attristress the following year. Penalty Menlo Park To provide misleading information on the pivot between the two applications: even in Europe, Facebook will continue to manufacture Statistical profile WhatsApp users (anonymous, but based on our habits) Ed) It is available using data. And it will use the information gathered outside the European Union to train its algorithms and refine the data crossings and profiling of Europeans, he says. This explains the appeal of small, independent apps that are careful to reduce data collection. However, the difficulty is that this is enough to really worry about WhatsApp.
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