Thursday, August 25, 2016

WhatsApp users will receive advertising – RBC

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WhatsApp announced the change of privacy policy. Messenger Share to Facebook numbers of their users, which will enable companies and organizations to send users to “relevant” offers and posts

WhatsApp give numbers of its users in the Facebook phone. Social Network will in turn use them to send users messenger “more relevant” offers and advertisements from various companies and organizations, reports BBC BBC. This is the first change in the privacy policy of the messenger after it was bought by Facebook in 2014.

As a WhatsApp message posted to a company blog, said that this measure will help users “in communion with the interests of the organization without party ad banners and spam. »

« Further collaboration with Facebook will help us to study the basic metrics more effectively about how often people use our services and how best to deal with spam in WhatsApp. In case of connecting your room to Facebook social network systems can provide more accurate recommendations from friends and display relevant ads if you have an account with them. For example, you might see an ad from a company that you are interested in, rather than on the one of whom you’ve never heard “, – stated in the

WhatsApp says that the messages themselves in the messenger” will remain private and. nobody will be able to read them. ” “No WhatsApp, no Facebook, no one else. We will not be anywhere to place and nobody to pass your number WhatsApp, including on Facebook », – assures WhatsApp

Interviewed BBC BBC experts believe that changes in the privacy policy WhatsApp, according to which the Messenger to share. numbers from Facebook users to be able to send the “relevant” proposals will make some users feel cheated messenger. “When WhatsApp was bought by Facebook, he assured members that will remain independent,” – reminded Bi-bi-si principal analyst at Ovum Pamela Clark-Dickson. She added that WhatsApp should be very careful, because many people use the messenger because they do not get there advertising.

As a WhatsApp message says that these features will be tested over the next few months.

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