In 2014, Facebook messaging service acquisition WhatsApp in the headlines-$ 16 billion transactions. WhatsApp, though, has been around respected for the privacy of our users, and Facebook is, well, quite the opposite.
Then, two years later, WhatsApp, Chairman of promises, the company does not want to "sell, the user" write, "respect your privacy in our DNA," and he would not have sold the company Facebook Zuck's Empire says that it wants to change this situation. And to be fair, Facebook away from the hands of time.
But now, two years after the acquisition, sweet and Facebook to make all of the data is worth the price paid for it. It is not a small amount of data: WhatsApp clears the million user mark for more than six months ago.
Today, in a blog post-WhatsApp before announcing the acquisition in 2014 the first changes its privacy policy. Private (and encryption! ), The update continues to keep the content of your messages, and some of the other data is to you.
A paragraph about "Facebook family of companies" are now added to the privacy policy below, "how we use information". This article provides that:
"We communicate with you about our services and capabilities, so that you understand our terms and policies and other important updates. We may provide you with the marketing, Facebook family-owned company, in which we are now part of our services.
Another, also known as "subsidiary" to make a clear connection:
"As part of the company's Facebook family, WhatsApp to receive information, and the company's stock. We may use the information we get, they might use we share with them, instructions operate, provide, improve, understand, customize, support, and market our services and information on their products. Including improving infrastructure and delivery systems, or they learn how to use our service, make sure that the system, and the fight against spam, abuse or copyright infringement activities. Facebook and other companies in the Facebook family also may use information from us to you in their services, such as product recommendations (for example, a friend or connection, or interesting content) and displays special offers and advertising experience.
Translated into English from a legal term, which means, basically, your WhatsApp user data and will now connect your Facebook user data pass your number, be a consistent and unique way to identify your identity.
Your Facebook data and use WhatsApp will be tied together to form as a population-wide picture of you as a Facebook can make. Looking to the future, you may see a Facebook friend suggestions based on WhatsApp contact. On Facebook, and around the Web, WhatsApp contact, you may see ads. You may (will) see your Facebook ads preferences are updated based on WhatsApp data.
Facebook sees fit and looking into the future, regardless of "operate, provide, improve, understand, customize, support, and marketing", and so on.