{"id":102186,"date":"2016-08-25T16:29:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T14:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=102186"},"modified":"2016-08-25T16:30:12","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T14:30:12","slug":"big-changes-to-whatsapp-privacy-policy-lets-it-send-you-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/mobile\/102186-big-changes-to-whatsapp-privacy-policy-lets-it-send-you-ads","title":{"rendered":"Big changes to WhatsApp privacy policy lets it send you ads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp has <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.whatsapp.com\/10000627\/Looking-ahead-for-WhatsApp\" target=\"_blank\">updated its privacy policy<\/a><\/strong>, allowing it to connect your phone number with Facebook\u2019s systems.<\/p>\n<p>This is\u00a0part of its\u00a0plan to test ways for people to communicate with businesses. WhatsApp said\u00a0it won\u2019t\u00a0post or share phone numbers with anyone, including Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>It also stated\u00a0that\u00a0your phone number will not be sold to advertisers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy connecting your phone number with Facebook\u2019s systems, Facebook can offer better friend suggestions and show you more relevant ads if you have an account with them,\u201d said WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example, you might see an ad from a company you already work with, rather than one from someone you\u2019ve never heard of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The changes to its privacy policy also allow for WhatsApp to \u201cexplore ways for you to communicate with businesses that matter to you too\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This, while still \u201cgiving you an experience without third-party banner ads and spam\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp said it wants to test these features in the next several months.<\/p>\n<p>Among the features it wants to test is sending marketing\u00a0messages.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will explore ways for you and businesses to communicate with each other using WhatsApp, such as through order, transaction, and appointment information, delivery and shipping notifications, product and service updates, and marketing,&#8221; WhatsApp said.<\/p>\n<p>Marketing messages could include an offer for something that might interest you, it explained.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/177215-whatsapp-to-allow-companies-to-send-you-ads.html\" target=\"_blank\">MyBroadband <\/a><\/strong>and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to How to build your own powerful Steam Machine console\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/101776-how-to-build-your-own-powerful-steam-machine-console.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to build your own powerful Steam Machine console<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to The 100 greatest films of the 21st Century\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/101950-the-100-greatest-films-of-the-21st-century.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">The 100 greatest films of the 21st Century<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Epic ADSL deal from Webafrica \u2014 R39 for 20GB with 1,000GB after-hours\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/102064-epic-adsl-deal-from-webafrica-r39-for-20gb-with-1000gb-after-hours.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Epic ADSL deal from Webafrica \u2014 R39 for 20GB with 1,000GB after-hours<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp has updated its privacy policy, allowing it to connect your phone number with Facebook\u2019s systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":91987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2226],"tags":[31,1532,199,3595,19695,8299,18229,12509],"class_list":["post-102186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-active","tag-adverts","tag-facebook","tag-link","tag-messaging","tag-mobile","tag-phone","tag-whatsapp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102188,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102186\/revisions\/102188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}