Big Brother Watch - WhatsApp and Facebook Data Sharing - Unanswered Questions - TruePublica
By Big Brother Watch
– The recent news that WhatsApp will be sharing user information with
Facebook has been greeted with concern by both privacy groups and the
media.
Having long campaigned for companies to be open about their data
sharing practices, it would be churlish of us to not acknowledge that
WhatsApp have made efforts to do so, signalling to all through a well-publicised blog post their main intentions and how to opt out the data sharing.
However there are still clear issues with WhatsApp’s new privacy
policy. When first shown the new terms and conditions, a user is
presented with a large “Agree” option while the opt out requires
clicking through to read more before unchecking a box. The option to opt
in, rather than to opt out of the data sharing service would have been
preferable.
