WhatsApp's new privacy policy.
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INTRODUCTION
 The new policy essentially takes away the choice users had until now to not 
share their data with other Facebook-owned and third-party apps
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NEW POLICY UPDATE
 The new policy update,  by talking about data sharing with Facebook but without giving the 
details users need, has also given rise to a lot of false information. 
 Ironically, WhatsApp itself is the main vector for disseminating most of these falsehoods.
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PAYMENT DETAILS
 In addition to improvements in consumer data management and collecting, WhatsApp now have 
information on detailed data collection by app in new categories including sales, payment data and 
localization information. 
 The software also provides particular awareness of commercial affairs that takes place by means of 
its device messaging.
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AD-FREE MESSAGING SERVICE
 WhatsApp will continue to be an ad-free messaging service. However, there is the 
possibility of ads coming to the platform sometime in the future.
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IMPORTANT POLICY CHANGES - 1
 The older version of the privacy policy used to start with these lines: 'Respect for your 
privacy is coded into our DNA. Since we started WhatsApp, we've aspired to build our 
Services with a set of strong privacy principles in mind.’
 However, those lines are no longer part of the new privacy policy. 
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IMPORTANT POLICY CHANGES - 2
 WhatsApp stays end-to-end encrypted, which means it can't see your messages, or share it 
with anyone. But with the new policy update, there is a chance of an increasing reliance on 
other Facebook products.
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IMPORTANT POLICY CHANGES - 3
 The locations of WhatsApp users are again, protected between the sender and the receiver. 
So, if you share your live location with a friend, that information is not transmitted to 
Facebook. 
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IMPORTANT POLICY CHANGES - 4
 WhatsApp does gather approximate location 
data which is given away by your phone 
number and IP address. Note that this is 
something the app can share with Facebook.
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IMPORTANT POLICY CHANGES - 5
 The content you share with your friends, family and colleagues over WhatsApp in the form 
of pictures, videos and audio files are a part of your chat history and remain end-to-end 
encrypted, just like your text messages. While sending the same, WhatsApp only stores the 
media temporarily. 
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IMPORTANT POLICY CHANGES - 6
 WhatsApp doesn’t record, or listen to audio and video calls made via the platform. The data of 
these voice and video calls remain end-to-end encrypted, just like text messages and media. 
 This means that the calls stay between the parties involved in the call and nobody else, including 
WhatsApp.
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