A messaging application that enables users to send text messages, voice messages, photos, videos, and documents over internet connections, as well as make voice and video calls. The platform uses end-to-end encryption for communications and serves billions of users globally for personal and business messaging. Policy changes affect user privacy rights, data sharing practices with parent company Meta, and terms governing message storage and account usage.
High — provisions that significantly limit your legal rights, authorize broad data collection, or create material financial exposure. Medium — provisions worth knowing about but with partial protections or limited scope. Low — standard terms with minimal consumer impact.
The policy authorizes broad data sharing across the entire Meta family, meaning information you generate on WhatsApp may inform advertising and content personalization on Facebook and Instagram even …
This provision requires US users to waive their right to participate in class action litigation against WhatsApp, which may limit practical remedies for widespread harms where individual claims are t…
This provision connects WhatsApp user data to Meta's broader advertising and analytics infrastructure, meaning information about your WhatsApp activity may inform experiences on Facebook or Instagram…
The clause establishes the operational mechanism by which WhatsApp obtains contact list data and allocates responsibility to users for ensuring they have authorization to share third-party phone numb…
This provision establishes the operational framework for information flow within the Meta corporate family, enabling cross-company data utilization for specified business and safety functions. The au…
This document establishes WhatsApp's data collection, use, and sharing practices, including the categories of personal information processed and the mechanisms through which data flows to Meta Companies. The policy authorizes …
This document establishes the terms of service for WhatsApp, a messaging and communications platform operated by Meta. The agreement authorizes WhatsApp to collect and process phone numbers, contacts lists, usage …
WhatsApp removed language stating it has no intention to introduce ads in Status and Channels, replacing it with a more conditional statement that reserves the right to introduce ads in …
View change record →Meta offered rival AI chatbots one month of free access to WhatsApp while negotiating with EU regulators. This follows an outright ban on third-party AI chatbots in January, a paid-access …
View change record →WhatsApp modified two sections of its Privacy Policy on April 19, 2026. First, the policy changed language about advertising on the platform, removing a statement that WhatsApp had 'no intention' …
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ConductAtlas tracks 2 WhatsApp documents including terms of service, privacy policy, and other governance documents. Every document is captured daily with cryptographic verification.
WhatsApp has made 15 policy changes in the past 12 months across the documents ConductAtlas tracks, including 1 classified as high severity.
ConductAtlas has classified 44 provisions across WhatsApp's tracked documents. 13 are rated high severity, 28 medium, and 3 low.
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