Secure your business data
WhatsApp has become a very popular chat application. Many people use it on daily basis for business data exchange. It is very convenient, however it is not safe when you do business. A lot of information can be collected by the application owner (Facebook). This interesting Forbes article describes how «WhatsApp collects the contacts in your phone, commercial data where you use Facebook services, device-based identifiers, your IP address which provides your location unless you’re using a VPN, and your usage logs. All linked to you.».
WhatsApp is currently updating it privacy policy for 2021 and changes are coming to allow Facebook and its subsidiaries to collect data from your chats:
“The information we share with the other Facebook Companies includes your account registration information (such as your phone number), transaction data, service-related information, information on how you interact with others (including businesses) when using our Services, mobile device information, your IP address, and may include other information identified in the Privacy Policy section entitled ‘Information We Collect' or obtained upon notice to you or based on your consent”
It is recommended to use much more secure chat application that understand privacy concerns like Signal when dealing with business matters. We also provide a quick chat module that is attached to project pages. With this module you can keep small conversation within your control per business project.
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