WhatsApp – An Example of How Companies Compete Based on Privacy

Facebook, the parent company to WhatsApp, is reporting near-record low revenue growth.  Thus, presumably in an effort to monetize WhatsApp more heavily, WhatsApp recently announced changes to its privacy policy: as of February 8, 2201, all WhatsApp users (except those that live in Europe) must agree to share their data with Facebook.  If users do not agree, WhatsApp will delete their account. Since the announcement of the changes to WhatsApp privacy policy, there has been much public...
By: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

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