The application WhatsApp, the standalone messaging app that's it Facebook bought last month for 16 billion dollars, will not collect data.
The company, which will operate autonomously under Facebook ownership, posted on her blog this Monday that she knows the public's concerns that she believes her recent takeover may mean that their data will be collected. According to WhatsApp this is not going to happen.
"If our cooperation with Facebook it meant we had to change our values, we would not do it ", wrote Jan Koum, CEO of WhatsApp in blog of the company, adding that posts claiming that WhastApp will start collecting data they are "irresponsible."
WhatsApp says it doesn't even collect basic information like your email address or birthday, unlike many social networks. services, like Facebook. WhatsApp does not collect message content or images sent between users.
According to the company's terms of service, “The content anyone messages δεν αποθηκεύονται από την εφαρμογή WhatsApp – τα μηνύματα πάνε απευθείας στις συσκευές του αποστολέα και του παραλήπτη και τα οποία μπορούν να διαγραφούν ανάλογα με την επιλογή του χρήστη.”
Of course, what is not mentioned anywhere is the fact that now WhatsApp is Facebook. This means that even if the messages are not stored, Facebook has something worthwhile paying 16 for billions of dollars. The telephone numbers of the users' personal telephones.
The statements and the content of the statements of the "company" WhatsApp, were expected, as many people are in a dilemma after its acquisition by Facebook, which as we all know does not respect the personal data of its members.
