WhatsApp shares your personal information — including your phone number, usage data, and device identifiers — with Meta and other Meta-owned companies like Facebook and Instagram.
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This clause creates a data sharing infrastructure across the Meta corporate ecosystem, enabling consolidated use of user information across multiple platforms and services. The provision establishes the operational basis for cross-platform data utilization without requiring separate user consent for each sharing instance.
The updated policy now explicitly discloses that users 'may see other types of ads in Status and Channels,' whereas the prior language stated WhatsApp had 'no intention to introduce' new ad types. This represents a shift from a stated commitment not to expand advertising toward an explicit acknowledgment that new ad categories may appear on WhatsApp's social features. The policy also updated its regional privacy guidance by removing a reference to Thai Personal Data Protection Act rights and adding a new section directing US residents to WhatsApp's United States Regional Privacy Notice for information about their consumer privacy rights under US law.
View change record →Your WhatsApp usage data contributes to a profile Meta builds about you across its platforms, which is used for targeted advertising on Facebook and Instagram. Users outside the EU/UK have very limited ability to opt out of this cross-platform data sharing.
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We share information across the Meta Companies. We share information with third-party partners. We also share information for legal, safety, and security reasons.
We may share personal information with third-party service providers and partners who support our business operations, including identity verification providers, payment processors, analytics providers, marketing partners, and blockchain analytics companies.
We may share information about you and your transactions with Card Networks and our financial services partners. By accepting this agreement, you authorize Stripe to share your information with these entities for purposes including facilitating your use of the Services, complying with applicable law...
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"As part of the Meta Companies, WhatsApp receives information from, and shares information with, the other Meta Companies. 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.— Excerpt from WhatsApp's WhatsApp Privacy Policy
This provision raises significant GDPR Article 6 lawful basis concerns and has already attracted regulatory enforcement from the Irish Data Protection Commission. Compliance teams should assess whether the disclosed data-sharing arrangements satisfy transparency and purpose-limitation requirements under applicable law.
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This clause creates a data sharing infrastructure across the Meta corporate ecosystem, enabling consolidated use of user information across multiple platforms and services. The provision establishes the operational basis for cross-platform data utilization without requiring separate user consent for each sharing instance.
Your WhatsApp usage data contributes to a profile Meta builds about you across its platforms, which is used for targeted advertising on Facebook and Instagram. Users outside the EU/UK have very limited ability to opt out of this cross-platform data sharing.
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