WhatsApp tweaks privacy policy to share more user data with Facebook

Bengaluru: WhatsApp’s new privacy policy, unveiled on Monday, enables the encrypted messaging app to share significantly more commercial user data with parent Facebook as the American social network aims to enhance business usage across group companies.

While personal chats between users will not be shared with Facebook, the revised privacy norms allows the sharing of data on business interactions across the group, reflecting Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s aggressive move to build a messaging commerce powerhouse.