Whatsapp changes the rules: concern for data protection

No verification by an authority: what happens to our Whatsapp data? (Symbol image)
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By Saturday, users have to decide whether to accept the new terms of the chat app or turn their backs on it. Unless a certain privacy advocate still has objections.

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EThere are only a few days left, then all Whatsapp users in Germany must have agreed to the new terms of use if they want to continue using the service to the full. When by far the most popular messenger in Germany announced in January that it wanted to change its rules, there was an outcry. Many feared that Whatsapp would now start inflationary to pass on data to its parent company Facebook.