{"id":27822,"date":"2016-08-26T22:01:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T14:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=27822"},"modified":"2021-08-18T16:13:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T08:13:41","slug":"opt-out-whatsapp-data-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/opt-out-whatsapp-data-sharing\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Opt-out of WhatsApp Data Sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven\u2019t heard, WhatsApp has renewed its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/faq\/general\/28030012\" rel=\"nofollow\">Terms of Service and Privacy Policy<\/a> and along with that update is the announcement that WhatsApp will be <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.whatsapp.com\/10000627\/Looking-ahead-for-WhatsApp\" rel=\"nofollow\">sharing some of your WhatsApp account data with Facebook<\/a>. Here\u2019s <strong>what you need to know about this move<\/strong>, and <strong>what you can do about it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/whatsapp-tips-tricks\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 20 WhatsApp Tips & Tricks\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">20 WhatsApp Tips & Tricks<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/whatsapp-tips-tricks.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-19367 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/whatsapp-tips-tricks.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">20 WhatsApp Tips & Tricks<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhatsApp has been getting new awesome features to make messaging a breeze for users. While its use is...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>What won\u2019t WhatsApp share with Facebook?<\/h3>\n<p>Facebook will be <strong>getting the phone number<\/strong> you verified with WhatsApp and <strong>track how often you use their services<\/strong>, and <strong>the last time you used  WhatsApp<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp insists that messages, photos and account information will not be made available to Facebook, falling back on their recent move in making messages encrypted end-to-end (provided you update to the latest version) as \u201cproof\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Note that WhatsApp <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.whatsapp.com\/10000627\/Looking-ahead-for-WhatsApp\" rel=\"nofollow\">still insists<\/a> that they \"won\u2019t post or share your WhatsApp number with others, including on Facebook\" and \"won\u2019t sell, share or give phone numbers to advertisers\".<\/p>\n<h3>Why does Facebook want my WhatsApp data?<\/h3>\n<p>The  reason given is because WhatsApp is a part of the Facebook family of companies and that this exercise will allow them to improve the services of both WhatsApp and Facebook. With the data they retrieve, they claim that they can more accurately <strong>count unique users, fight spam and abuse<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s in it for us? \"<strong>Better suggestions<\/strong>\" and  \"<strong>more relevant ads on Facebook<\/strong>\" \u2014 as in you\u2019d see an ad from a company you\u2019ve already worked with than one you have not heard before.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, this begs the question: isn\u2019t advertising supposed to be to expose customers to services they have not heard or use before? Well, whatever the reason is, this has to do with Facebook ads.<\/p>\n<h2>What you can do:<\/h2>\n<p>There are two things you can do, right now: Opt out of this sharing alliance or dump WhatsApp for an alternative messaging app.<\/p>\n<h3>1. How do I opt out of WhatsApp sharing my info to Facebook?<\/h3>\n<p>It depends on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/faq\/general\/26000016\" rel=\"nofollow\">whether or not<\/a> you have agreed to their updated <em>Terms of Service and Privacy Policy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have <strong>not agreed to the new policy<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>At the Policy Page, tap <strong>Read<\/strong> so that the rest of the policy expands. At the bottom of the screen, <strong>there is a box that is <em>already<\/em> ticked<\/strong>. If you <strong>don\u2019t want<\/strong> to share your WhatsApp data with Facebook, <strong>untick the box<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have<strong> agreed to the new policy<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>You still have 30 days to opt out of this sharing attempt. Go to <strong>Settings &gt; Account &gt; Share my account info<\/strong>, and again, untick the box.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/opt-out-whatsapp-data-sharing\/wa-sharing-my-info.jpg\" alt=\"whatsapp - sharing my info\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\"><\/figure>\n<h3>2. Which app should I leave WhatsApp for?<\/h3>\n<p>It depends on if you really want to leave WhatsApp\u2019s attempt to perfect mothership Facebook\u2019s ad-targeting strategy.<em><\/em> If you do, of all the options out there, Telegram is probably the safe haven you seek.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Like WhatsApp, Telegram:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Has a desktop app version<\/li>\n<li>Lets you Mute Notifications in group chat<\/li>\n<li>Lets you quote dialog and directly reply to that (this works even if a conversation is muted)<\/li>\n<li>Lets you forward comments<\/li>\n<li>Has the two check feature,  in green, and an approximate last seen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Unlike WhatsApp, in Telegram<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Group chats can support up to 5000 members. @mention and #hashtags are supported.<\/li>\n<li>You can share files up to 1.5GB, which can be accessed on both mobile and desktop. The Files are also grouped together to make them easy to search.<\/li>\n<li>You can use Secret Chats which are self-destructing messages<\/li>\n<li>You can edit  messages that you have already sent.<\/li>\n<li>Your account will be deleted along with any other data inside your account if you do not use it for more than 6 months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Telegram already has <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/blog\/100-million\">more than 100 million active users<\/a> by early 2016. The only question left to ask is are your friends on Telegram as well?<\/p>\n<h3>Download Telegram<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>For <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/app\/telegram-messenger\/id686449807\">iOS<\/a><\/li>\n<li>For <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=org.telegram.messenger\">Android<\/a><\/li>\n<li>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/store\/p\/telegram-messenger\/9wzdncrdzhs0\">Windows Phone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.telegram.org\/#\/login\">Telegram Web Version<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Desktop app for <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/dl\/macos\">OS X<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Telegram Desktop for <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/dl\/desktop\/win\">Windows<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/dl\/desktop\/win_portable\">Portable Version<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Telegram Desktop for <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/dl\/desktop\/linux\">Linux<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"note\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/tag\/whatsapp-tips\/\">Click here for <strong>more WhatsApp Tips<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven\u2019t heard, WhatsApp has renewed its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and along with that update is the announcement that WhatsApp will be sharing some of your WhatsApp account data with Facebook. Here\u2019s what you need to know about this move, and what you can do about it. What won\u2019t WhatsApp share&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3409],"tags":[158,4601,4602,2312,4059],"topic":[4523],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Opt-out of WhatsApp Data Sharing - Hongkiat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you haven&#039;t heard, WhatsApp has renewed its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and along with that update is the announcement that WhatsApp will be\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/opt-out-whatsapp-data-sharing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Opt-out of WhatsApp Data Sharing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you haven&#039;t heard, WhatsApp has renewed its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and along with that update is the announcement that WhatsApp will be\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/opt-out-whatsapp-data-sharing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hongkiatcom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-26T14:01:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-18T08:13:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/opt-out-whatsapp-data-sharing\/wa-sharing-my-info.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Singyin Lee\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Singyin Lee\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/opt-out-whatsapp-data-sharing\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/opt-out-whatsapp-data-sharing\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Singyin Lee\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8bb3e8d1cb49b3298ea203885023b811\"},\"headline\":\"How to Opt-out of WhatsApp Data Sharing\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-26T14:01:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-18T08:13:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/opt-out-whatsapp-data-sharing\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":678,\"commentCount\":7,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/opt-out-whatsapp-data-sharing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/assets.hongkiat.com\\\/uploads\\\/opt-out-whatsapp-data-sharing\\\/wa-sharing-my-info.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Facebook\",\"Security and Privacy\",\"Smartphone Security and Privacy\",\"WhatsApp\",\"WhatsApp Tips\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Social Media\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/opt-out-whatsapp-data-sharing\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/opt-out-whatsapp-data-sharing\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/opt-out-whatsapp-data-sharing\\\/\",\"name\":\"How to Opt-out of WhatsApp Data Sharing - 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