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This clause establishes a data-sharing framework between WhatsApp and its corporate affiliates, enabling cross-company use of information for service improvement and marketing purposes. The provision expands the scope of entities with authorized access to information beyond WhatsApp itself to include the broader Facebook corporate group.
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View change record →Users' information is subject to sharing with and use by Meta-affiliated companies as described in the clause. The terms authorize these affiliated entities to apply shared information toward their own operational, improvement, and marketing activities.
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"As part of the Facebook family of companies, WhatsApp receives information from, and shares information with, this family of 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 products and services of the Facebook family of companies.— Excerpt from WhatsApp's WhatsApp Terms of Service
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This clause establishes a data-sharing framework between WhatsApp and its corporate affiliates, enabling cross-company use of information for service improvement and marketing purposes. The provision expands the scope of entities with authorized access to information beyond WhatsApp itself to include the broader Facebook corporate group.
Users' information is subject to sharing with and use by Meta-affiliated companies as described in the clause. The terms authorize these affiliated entities to apply shared information toward their own operational, improvement, and marketing activities.
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