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| 0 | Privacy Policy Skip to content Home Apps Features Calling Messaging Groups Status Channels Meta AI Security Privacy Help Center Blog For Business Download Terms & Privacy Policy 2026 © WhatsApp LLC English العربية অসমীয়া বাংলা Deutsch Español Français ગુજરાતી עברית हिन्दी Bahasa Indonesia Italiano 日本語 ಕನ್ನಡ 한국어 മലയാളം मराठी नेपाली Oriya ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Português (Brasil) русский தமிழ் తెలుగు ไทย Filipino Türkçe اردو 简体中文 繁體中文（香港） English العربية অসমীয়া বাংলা Deutsch español français ગુજરાતી עברית हिन्दी Bahasa Indonesia italiano 日本語 ಕನ್ನಡ 한국어 മലയാളം मराठी नेपाली Oriya ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Português (Brasil) русский தமிழ் తెలుగు ไทย Filipino Türkçe اردو 简体中文 繁體中文（香港） Features Calling Stay connected with voice and video. | 0 | Messaging Say it with stickers, voice, GIFs and more. | 1 | WhatsApp is free and offers simple, secure, reliable messaging and calling, available on phones all over the world.">2 | Groups Messaging features you need to connect in groups. | 2 | WhatsApp is free and offers simple, secure, reliable messaging and calling, available on phones all over the world."> | |
| 3 | Channels Stay updated on topics you care about. | 3 | It also explains the steps we take to protect your privacy, like building our Services so delivered messages aren’t stored by us and giving you control over who you communicate with on our Services. We are one of the Meta Companies. | ||||||
| 4 | Meta AI Get help with anything, all with the safety and privacy on WhatsApp. | 4 | You can learn more further below in this Privacy Policy about the ways in which we share information across this family of companies. This Privacy Policy applies to all of our Services unless specified otherwise. Please also read WhatsApp’s Terms of Service ("Terms"), which describe the terms under which you use and we provide our Services. Key UpdatesRespect for your privacy is coded into our DNA. | ||||||
| 5 | Status Share your everyday with photos, videos and voice notes. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 6 | Security Layers of protection to help you stay safe. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 7 | Privacy Help Center Blog For Business Apps Log in Download WhatsApp Privacy Policy Effective January 4, 2021 archived versions If you live in the European Region , WhatsApp Ireland Limited provides the Services to you under this Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 8 | If you live in the UK , WhatsApp LLC provides the Services to you under this Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 9 | WhatsApp Legal Info If you live outside the European Region or the UK , WhatsApp LLC ("WhatsApp," "our," "we," or "us") provides our Services to you under this Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 10 | Our Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") helps explain our data practices, including the information we process to provide our Services. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 11 | For example, our Privacy Policy talks about what information we collect and how this affects you. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 12 | It also explains the steps we take to protect your privacy, like building our Services so delivered messages aren’t stored by us and giving you control over who you communicate with on our Services. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 13 | We are one of the Meta Companies . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 14 | You can learn more further below in this Privacy Policy about the ways in which we share information across this family of companies. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 15 | This Privacy Policy applies to all of our Services unless specified otherwise. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 16 | Please also read WhatsApp’s Terms of Service ("Terms"), which describe the terms under which you use and we provide our Services. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 17 | Back to top Key Updates Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 19 | In our updated Terms of Service and Privacy Policy you’ll find: Additional Information On How We Handle Your Data . | 6 | In our updated Terms of Service and Privacy Policy you’ll find:
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| 21 | For example, we’ve added more information about more recent product features and functionalities, how we process your data for safety, security, and integrity, and added more direct links to user settings, Help Center articles and how you can manage your information. | 8 | For example, we’ve added more information about more recent product features and functionalities, how we process your data for safety, security, and integrity, and added more direct links to user settings, Help Center articles and how you can manage your information. | ||||||
| 22 | Better Communication With Businesses . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 24 | We work with businesses that use Meta or third parties to help store and better manage their communications with you on WhatsApp. | 10 | We work with businesses that use Meta or third parties to help store and better manage their communications with you on WhatsApp. | ||||||
| 25 | Making It Easier To Connect . | 11 | As part of the Meta Companies, WhatsApp partners with Meta to offer experiences and integrations across Meta’s family of apps and products.Information We CollectWhatsApp must receive or collect some information to operate, provide, improve, understand, customize, support, and market our Services, including when you install, access, or use our Services. The types of information we receive and collect depend on how you use our Services. | ||||||
| 26 | As part of the Meta Companies , WhatsApp partners with Meta to offer experiences and integrations across Meta’s family of apps and products. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 27 | Back to top Information We Collect WhatsApp must receive or collect some information to operate, provide, improve, understand, customize, support, and market our Services, including when you install, access, or use our Services. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 28 | The types of information we receive and collect depend on how you use our Services. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 30 | For example, you must provide your mobile phone number to create an account to use our Services. | 13 | For example, you must provide your mobile phone number to create an account to use our Services. Our Services have optional features which, if used by you, require us to collect additional information to provide such features. | ||||||
| 31 | Our Services have optional features which, if used by you, require us to collect additional information to provide such features. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 35 | Permissions can be managed through your Settings menu on both Android and iOS devices. | 17 | Permissions can be managed through your Settings menu on both Android and iOS devices.Information You Provide | ||||||
| 36 | Information You Provide Your Account Information . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 39 | You can add other information to your account, such as a profile picture and "about" information. | 20 | You can add other information to your account, such as a profile picture and "about" information.
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| 40 | Your Messages . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 44 | The following scenarios describe circumstances where we may store your messages in the course of delivering them: Undelivered Messages . | 24 | The following scenarios describe circumstances where we may store your messages in the course of delivering them:
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| 46 | If a message is still undelivered after 30 days, we delete it. | 26 | If a message is still undelivered after 30 days, we delete it. | ||||||
| 47 | Media Forwarding . | 27 | When a user forwards media within a message, we store that media temporarily in encrypted form on our servers to aid in more efficient delivery of additional forwards. We offer end-to-end encryption for our Services. | ||||||
| 48 | When a user forwards media within a message, we store that media temporarily in encrypted form on our servers to aid in more efficient delivery of additional forwards. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 49 | We offer end-to-end encryption for our Services. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 51 | Learn more about end-to-end encryption and how businesses communicate with you on WhatsApp . | 29 | Learn more about end-to-end encryption and how businesses communicate with you on WhatsApp. | ||||||
| 52 | Your Connections . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 55 | Learn more about our contact upload feature here . | 32 | Learn more about our contact upload feature here. | ||||||
| 58 | You can provide a group profile picture or description. | 35 | You can provide a group profile picture or description. | ||||||
| 59 | Status Information . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 61 | Learn how to use status on Android , iPhone , or KaiOS . | 37 | Learn how to use status on Android, iPhone, or KaiOS. | ||||||
| 62 | Transactions And Payments Data . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 65 | If you use our payments services available in your country or territory, our privacy practices are described in the applicable payments privacy policy. | 40 | If you use our payments services available in your country or territory, our privacy practices are described in the applicable payments privacy policy. | ||||||
| 66 | Customer Support And Other Communications . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 68 | For example, you may send us an email with information relating to app performance or other issues. | 42 | For example, you may send us an email with information relating to app performance or other issues.Automatically Collected Information
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| 69 | Automatically Collected Information Usage And Log Information . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 71 | This includes information about your activity (including how you use our Services, your Services settings, how you interact with others using our Services (including when you interact with a business), and the time, frequency, and duration of your activities and interactions), log files, and diagnostic, crash, website, and performance logs and reports. | 44 | This includes information about your activity (including how you use our Services, your Services settings, how you interact with others using our Services (including when you interact with a business), and the time, frequency, and duration of your activities and interactions), log files, and diagnostic, crash, website, and performance logs and reports. | ||||||
| 72 | This also includes information about when you registered to use our Services; the features you use like our messaging, calling, Status, groups (including group name, group picture, group description), payments or business features; profile photo, "about" information; whether you are online, when you last used our Services (your "last seen"); and when you last updated your "about" information. | 45 | This also includes information about when you registered to use our Services; the features you use like our messaging, calling, Status, groups (including group name, group picture, group description), payments or business features; profile photo, "about" information; whether you are online, when you last used our Services (your "last seen"); and when you last updated your "about" information. | ||||||
| 73 | Device And Connection Information . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 75 | This includes information such as hardware model, operating system information, battery level, signal strength, app version, browser information, mobile network, connection information (including phone number, mobile operator or ISP), language and time zone, IP address, device operations information, and identifiers (including identifiers unique to Meta Company Products associated with the same device or account). | 47 | This includes information such as hardware model, operating system information, battery level, signal strength, app version, browser information, mobile network, connection information (including phone number, mobile operator or ISP), language and time zone, IP address, device operations information, and identifiers (including identifiers unique to Meta Company Products associated with the same device or account). | ||||||
| 76 | Location Information . | 48 | We collect and use precise location information from your device with your permission when you choose to use location-related features, like when you decide to share your location with your contacts or view locations nearby or locations others have shared with you. | ||||||
| 77 | We collect and use precise location information from your device with your permission when you choose to use location-related features , like when you decide to share your location with your contacts or view locations nearby or locations others have shared with you. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 80 | We also use your location information for diagnostics and troubleshooting purposes. | 51 | We also use your location information for diagnostics and troubleshooting purposes. | ||||||
| 81 | Cookies . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 85 | Additionally, we may use cookies to remember your choices, like your language preferences, to provide a safer experience, and otherwise to customize our Services for you. | 55 | Additionally, we may use cookies to remember your choices, like your language preferences, to provide a safer experience, and otherwise to customize our Services for you. Learn more about how we use cookies to provide you our Services.Third-Party Information
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| 86 | Learn more about how we use cookies to provide you our Services. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 87 | Back to top Third-Party Information Information Others Provide About You . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 91 | We require each of these users to have lawful rights to collect, use, and share your information before providing any information to us. | 59 | We require each of these users to have lawful rights to collect, use, and share your information before providing any information to us. You should keep in mind that in general any user can capture screenshots of your chats or messages or make recordings of your calls with them and send them to WhatsApp or anyone else, or post them on another platform. | ||||||
| 92 | You should keep in mind that in general any user can capture screenshots of your chats or messages or make recordings of your calls with them and send them to WhatsApp or anyone else, or post them on another platform. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 93 | User Reports . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 96 | To find out more about what happens when a user report is made, please see Advanced Safety and Security Features . | 62 | To find out more about what happens when a user report is made, please see Advanced Safety and Security Features. | ||||||
| 97 | Businesses On WhatsApp . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 99 | We require each of these businesses to act in accordance with applicable law when providing any information to us. | 64 | We require each of these businesses to act in accordance with applicable law when providing any information to us. When you message with a business on WhatsApp, keep in mind that the content you share may be visible to several people in that business. | ||||||
| 100 | When you message with a business on WhatsApp, keep in mind that the content you share may be visible to several people in that business. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 103 | To understand how a business processes your information, including how it might share your information with third parties or Meta, you should review that business’ privacy policy or contact the business directly. | 67 | To understand how a business processes your information, including how it might share your information with third parties or Meta, you should review that business’ privacy policy or contact the business directly. | ||||||
| 104 | Third-Party Service Providers . | 68 | We work with third-party service providers and other Meta Companies to help us operate, provide, improve, understand, customize, support, and market our Services. | ||||||
| 105 | We work with third-party service providers and other Meta Companies to help us operate, provide, improve, understand, customize, support, and market our Services. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 107 | These companies may provide us with information about you in certain circumstances; for example, app stores may provide us with reports to help us diagnose and fix service issues. | 70 | These companies may provide us with information about you in certain circumstances; for example, app stores may provide us with reports to help us diagnose and fix service issues. The "How We Work With Other Meta Companies" section below provides more information about how WhatsApp collects and shares information with the other Meta Companies. | ||||||
| 108 | The " How We Work With Other Meta Companies " section below provides more information about how WhatsApp collects and shares information with the other Meta Companies . | 71 | We allow you to use our Services in connection with third-party services and Meta Company Products. | ||||||
| 109 | Third-Party Services . | 72 | If you use our Services with such third-party services or Meta Company Products, we may receive information about you from them; for example, if you use the WhatsApp share button on a news service to share a news article with your WhatsApp contacts, groups, or broadcast lists on our Services, or if you choose to access our Services through a mobile carrier’s or device provider’s promotion of our Services. | ||||||
| 110 | We allow you to use our Services in connection with third-party services and Meta Company Products . | 73 | Please note that when you use third-party services or Meta Company Products, their own terms and privacy policies will govern your use of those services and products.How We Use InformationWe use information we have (subject to choices you make and applicable law) to operate, provide, improve, understand, customize, support, and market our Services. | ||||||
| 111 | If you use our Services with such third-party services or Meta Company Products , we may receive information about you from them; for example, if you use the WhatsApp share button on a news service to share a news article with your WhatsApp contacts, groups, or broadcast lists on our Services, or if you choose to access our Services through a mobile carrier’s or device provider’s promotion of our Services. | 74 | Here's how:
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| 112 | Please note that when you use third-party services or Meta Company Products , their own terms and privacy policies will govern your use of those services and products. | 75 | We use information we have to operate and provide our Services, including providing customer support; completing purchases or transactions; improving, fixing, and customizing our Services; and connecting our Services with Meta Company Products that you may use. | ||||||
| 113 | Back to top How We Use Information We use information we have (subject to choices you make and applicable law) to operate, provide, improve, understand, customize, support, and market our Services. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 114 | Here's how: Our Services . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 115 | We use information we have to operate and provide our Services, including providing customer support; completing purchases or transactions; improving, fixing, and customizing our Services; and connecting our Services with Meta Company Products that you may use. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 117 | We also use your information to respond to you when you contact us. | 77 | We also use your information to respond to you when you contact us. | ||||||
| 118 | Safety, Security, And Integrity . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 121 | Please see the Law, Our Rights and Protection section below for more information. | 80 | Please see the Law, Our Rights and Protection section below for more information. | ||||||
| 122 | Communications About Our Services And The Meta Companies . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 124 | We may provide you marketing for our Services and those of the Meta Companies . | 82 | We may provide you marketing for our Services and those of the Meta Companies. | ||||||
| 125 | No Third-Party Banner Ads . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 127 | We have no intention to introduce them, but if we ever do, we will update this Privacy Policy. | 84 | We have no intention to introduce them, but if we ever do, we will update this Privacy Policy. | ||||||
| 128 | Business Interactions . | 85 | We enable you and third parties, like businesses, to communicate and interact with each other using our Services, such as Catalogs for businesses on WhatsApp through which you can browse products and services and place orders. | ||||||
| 129 | We enable you and third parties, like businesses, to communicate and interact with each other using our Services, such as Catalogs for businesses on WhatsApp through which you can browse products and services and place orders. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 133 | We do not want you to have a spammy experience; as with all of your messages, you can manage these communications, and we will honor the choices you make. | 89 | We do not want you to have a spammy experience; as with all of your messages, you can manage these communications, and we will honor the choices you make.Information You And We ShareYou share your information as you use and communicate through our Services, and we share your information to help us operate, provide, improve, understand, customize, support, and market our Services.
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| 134 | Back to top Information You And We Share You share your information as you use and communicate through our Services, and we share your information to help us operate, provide, improve, understand, customize, support, and market our Services. | 90 | You share your information (including messages) as you use and communicate through our Services. | ||||||
| 135 | Send Your Information To Those With Whom You Choose To Communicate . | 91 | Your phone number, profile name and photo, "about" information, last seen information, and message receipts are available to anyone who uses our Services, although you can configure your Services settings to manage certain information available to other users, including businesses, with whom you communicate. | ||||||
| 136 | You share your information (including messages) as you use and communicate through our Services. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 137 | Information Associated With Your Account . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 138 | Your phone number, profile name and photo, "about" information, last seen information, and message receipts are available to anyone who uses our Services, although you can configure your Services settings to manage certain information available to other users, including businesses, with whom you communicate. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 139 | Your Contacts And Others . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 141 | You can use your Services settings and the “block” feature in our Services to manage who you communicate with on our Services and certain information you share. | 93 | You can use your Services settings and the “block” feature in our Services to manage who you communicate with on our Services and certain information you share. | ||||||
| 142 | Businesses On WhatsApp . | 94 | We offer specific services to businesses such as providing them with metrics regarding their use of our Services. | ||||||
| 143 | We offer specific services to businesses such as providing them with metrics regarding their use of our Services. | 95 | We work with third-party service providers and other Meta Companies to help us operate, provide, improve, understand, customize, support, and market our Services. | ||||||
| 144 | Third-Party Service Providers . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 145 | We work with third-party service providers and other Meta Companies to help us operate, provide, improve, understand, customize, support, and market our Services. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 147 | When we share information with third-party service providers and other Meta Companies in this capacity, we require them to use your information on our behalf in accordance with our instructions and terms. | 97 | When we share information with third-party service providers and other Meta Companies in this capacity, we require them to use your information on our behalf in accordance with our instructions and terms. | ||||||
| 148 | Third-Party Services . | 98 | When you or others use third-party services or other Meta Company Products that are integrated with our Services, those third-party services may receive information about what you or others share with them. | ||||||
| 149 | When you or others use third-party services or other Meta Company Products that are integrated with our Services, those third-party services may receive information about what you or others share with them. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 151 | If you interact with a third-party service or another Meta Company Product linked through our Services, such as when you use the in-app player to play content from a third-party platform, information about you, like your IP address and the fact that you are a WhatsApp user, may be provided to such third party or Meta Company Product . | 100 | If you interact with a third-party service or another Meta Company Product linked through our Services, such as when you use the in-app player to play content from a third-party platform, information about you, like your IP address and the fact that you are a WhatsApp user, may be provided to such third party or Meta Company Product. | ||||||
| 152 | Please note that when you use third-party services or other Meta Company Products , their own terms and privacy policies will govern your use of those services and products. | 101 | Please note that when you use third-party services or other Meta Company Products, their own terms and privacy policies will govern your use of those services and products.How We Work With Other Meta CompaniesAs part of the Meta Companies, WhatsApp receives information from, and shares information (see here) with, the other Meta Companies. | ||||||
| 153 | Back to top How We Work With Other Meta Companies As part of the Meta Companies , WhatsApp receives information from, and shares information (see here ) with, the other Meta Companies . | 102 | We may use the information we receive from them, and they may use the information we share with them, to help operate, provide, improve, understand, customize, support, and market our Services and their offerings, including the Meta Company Products. | ||||||
| 154 | We may use the information we receive from them, and they may use the information we share with them, to help operate, provide, improve, understand, customize, support, and market our Services and their offerings, including the Meta Company Products . | 103 | This includes:
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| 155 | This includes: helping improve infrastructure and delivery systems; understanding how our Services or theirs are used; promoting safety, security, and integrity across the Meta Company Products , e.g., securing systems and fighting spam, threats, abuse, or infringement activities; improving their services and your experiences using them, such as making suggestions for you (for example, of friends or group connections, or of interesting content), personalizing features and content, helping you complete purchases and transactions, and showing relevant offers and ads across the Meta Company Products ; and providing integrations which enable you to connect your WhatsApp experiences with other Meta Company Products . | 104 | For example, allowing you to connect your Facebook Pay account to pay for things on WhatsApp or enabling you to chat with your friends on other Meta Company Products, such as Portal, by connecting your WhatsApp account. Learn more about the other Meta Companies and their privacy practices by reviewing their privacy policies. Assignment, Change Of Control, And TransferIn the event that we are involved in a merger, acquisition, restructuring, bankruptcy, or sale of all or some of our assets, we will share your information with the successor entities or new owners in connection with the transaction in accordance with applicable data protection laws. Managing And Retaining Your InformationYou can access or port your information using our in-app Request Account Info feature (available under Settings > Account). | ||||||
| 156 | For example, allowing you to connect your Facebook Pay account to pay for things on WhatsApp or enabling you to chat with your friends on other Meta Company Products , such as Portal, by connecting your WhatsApp account. | 105 | For iPhone users, you can learn how to access, manage, and delete your information through our iPhone Help Center articles. | ||||||
| 157 | Learn more about the other Meta Companies and their privacy practices by reviewing their privacy policies. | 106 | For Android users, you can learn how to access, manage, and delete your information through our Android Help Center articles. We store information for as long as necessary for the purposes identified in this Privacy Policy, including to provide our Services or for other legitimate purposes, such as complying with legal obligations, enforcing and preventing violations of our Terms, or protecting or defending our rights, property, and users. | ||||||
| 158 | Back to top Assignment, Change Of Control, And Transfer In the event that we are involved in a merger, acquisition, restructuring, bankruptcy, or sale of all or some of our assets, we will share your information with the successor entities or new owners in connection with the transaction in accordance with applicable data protection laws. | 107 | The storage periods are determined on a case-by-case basis that depends on factors like the nature of the information, why it is collected and processed, relevant legal or operational retention needs, and legal obligations. If you would like to further manage, change, limit, or delete your information, you can do that through the following tools:
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| 159 | Back to top Managing And Retaining Your Information You can access or port your information using our in-app Request Account Info feature (available under Settings > Account). | — | Removed | ||||||
| 160 | For iPhone users, you can learn how to access , manage , and delete your information through our iPhone Help Center articles . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 161 | For Android users, you can learn how to access , manage , and delete your information through our Android Help Center articles . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 162 | We store information for as long as necessary for the purposes identified in this Privacy Policy, including to provide our Services or for other legitimate purposes, such as complying with legal obligations, enforcing and preventing violations of our Terms, or protecting or defending our rights, property, and users. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 163 | The storage periods are determined on a case-by-case basis that depends on factors like the nature of the information, why it is collected and processed, relevant legal or operational retention needs, and legal obligations. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 164 | If you would like to further manage, change, limit, or delete your information, you can do that through the following tools: Services Settings . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 166 | You can manage your contacts, groups, and broadcast lists, or use our “block” feature to manage the users with whom you communicate. | 109 | You can manage your contacts, groups, and broadcast lists, or use our “block” feature to manage the users with whom you communicate. | ||||||
| 167 | Changing Your Mobile Phone Number, Profile Name And Picture, And “About” Information . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 169 | You can also change your profile name, profile picture, and "about" information at any time. | 111 | You can also change your profile name, profile picture, and "about" information at any time. | ||||||
| 170 | Deleting Your WhatsApp Account . | — | Removed | ||||||
| 175 | Please remember that when you delete your account, it does not affect your information related to the groups you created or the information other users have relating to you, such as their copy of the messages you sent them. | 116 | Please remember that when you delete your account, it does not affect your information related to the groups you created or the information other users have relating to you, such as their copy of the messages you sent them. You can learn more here about our data deletion and retention practices and about how to delete your account. Law, Our Rights, And ProtectionWe access, preserve, and share your information described in the "Information We Collect" section of this Privacy Policy above if we have a good-faith belief that it is necessary to: (a) respond pursuant to applicable law or regulations, legal process, or government requests; (b) enforce our Terms and any other applicable terms and policies, including for investigations of potential violations; (c) detect, investigate, prevent, or address fraud and other illegal activity or security, and technical issues; or (d) protect the rights, property, and safety of our users, WhatsApp, the other Meta Companies, or others, including to prevent death or imminent bodily harm. Our Global OperationsWhatsApp shares information globally, both internally within the Meta Companies and externally with our partners and service providers, and with those with whom you communicate around the world, in accordance with this Privacy Policy. | ||||||
| 176 | You can learn more here about our data deletion and retention practices and about how to delete your account. | 117 | Your information may, for example, be transferred or transmitted to, or stored and processed in, the United States; countries or territories where the Meta Companies’ affiliates and partners, or our service providers are located; or any other country or territory globally where our Services are provided outside of where you live for the purposes as described in this Privacy Policy. | ||||||
| 177 | Back to top Law, Our Rights, And Protection We access, preserve, and share your information described in the " Information We Collect " section of this Privacy Policy above if we have a good-faith belief that it is necessary to: (a) respond pursuant to applicable law or regulations, legal process, or government requests; (b) enforce our Terms and any other applicable terms and policies, including for investigations of potential violations; (c) detect, investigate, prevent, or address fraud and other illegal activity or security, and technical issues; or (d) protect the rights, property, and safety of our users, WhatsApp, the other Meta Companies , or others, including to prevent death or imminent bodily harm. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 178 | Back to top Our Global Operations WhatsApp shares information globally, both internally within the Meta Companies and externally with our partners and service providers, and with those with whom you communicate around the world, in accordance with this Privacy Policy. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 179 | Your information may, for example, be transferred or transmitted to, or stored and processed in, the United States; countries or territories where the Meta Companies’ affiliates and partners, or our service providers are located; or any other country or territory globally where our Services are provided outside of where you live for the purposes as described in this Privacy Policy. | — | Removed | ||||||
| 182 | Please keep in mind that the countries or territories to which your information is transferred may have different privacy laws and protections than what you have in your home country or territory. | 120 | Please keep in mind that the countries or territories to which your information is transferred may have different privacy laws and protections than what you have in your home country or territory.Updates To Our PolicyWe may amend or update our Privacy Policy. | ||||||
| 183 | Back to top Updates To Our Policy We may amend or update our Privacy Policy. | — | Removed | ||||||
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