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How To Stop WhatsApp From Giving Your Phone Number To Facebook?

AnkitSlashKarn
Oct 2, 2016
2 min read

WhatsApp has recently updated its terms and privacy policy.This new set of terms and conditions allows Whatsapp to share your number with Facebook in order enable communications between you and various businesses,hence boosting Facebook's Ad revenues.

This number sharing plan of the instant messaging app serves as an add-on to Facebook’s advertisement business. “And by connecting your phone number with Facebook’s systems, Facebook can offer better friend suggestions and show you more relevant ads if you have an account with them,” WhatsApp blog writes.

“For example, you might see an ad from a company you already work with, rather than one from someone you’ve never heard of.”

WhatsApp has promised that the updated policies won’t be a welcoming hand to third-party advertisement banners and spam floods. It says that it aims to facilitate a communication channel between you and relevant businesses. Like, your bank would be able to send your transaction details over WhatsApp, you would receive flight departure status and delay notifications directly on WhatsApp.

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As far the question of privacy is concerned. It’s an apprehension that needs to be explained. But it depends because some people already use the same number for both WhatsApp and Facebook. So, for them, it doesn’t matter much.

How to stop WhatsApp from sharing your number with Facebook?

You’ll see an option to “Agree” the updated terms and conditions when you update to the latest version of WhatsApp. You can easily opt-out of their number sharing program by tapping “Read more about the key updates to our Terms and Privacy Policy” message.

Untick the checkbox and tap “Agree”. This would stop WhatsApp from sharing your phone number with Facebook.

If you’ve already agreed to the updated terms and privacy policy. You can go to Settings > Account and Untick the box next to “Share my account info” within 30 days from accepting the updated policies. Using these methods you can stop WhatsApp from sharing your number with Facebook.