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03-18-2014, 01:15 AM
WhatsApp: Your Data Is Safe With Us, Even From Facebook
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WhatsApp (http://mashable.com/category/whatsapp/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), the standalone messaging app that Facebook purchased (http://mashable.com/2014/02/19/facebook-whatsapp/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) last month for $16 billion, is **t in the business of data collecting
The company, which will operate auto**mously (http://mashable.com/2014/02/19/facebook-whatsapp-independent/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) under Facebook's ownership, published a blog post Monday to address concerns that its recent acquisition may mean user data will be shared or that more will be collected. That's **t the case, according to WhatsApp
See also: How to See When Someone Unfriends You on Facebook (http://mashable.com/2012/01/30/how-to-see-unfriend-facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
"If partnering with Facebook meant that we had to change our values, we wouldn’t have done it," wrote Jan Koum, WhatsApp CEO on the company's blog (http://blog.whatsapp.com/index.php/2014/03/setting-the-record-straight/), adding that reports claiming WhastApp will start sharing and collecting are "irresponsible." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/17/whatsapp-your-data-is-safe/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), User Privacy (http://mashable.com/category/user-privacy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), User Data (http://mashable.com/category/user-data/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Whatsapp (http://mashable.com/category/whatsapp/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Social Media (http://mashable.com/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1395090848 (http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1395090848)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/c-oXBHlcmT0
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WhatsApp (http://mashable.com/category/whatsapp/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), the standalone messaging app that Facebook purchased (http://mashable.com/2014/02/19/facebook-whatsapp/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) last month for $16 billion, is **t in the business of data collecting
The company, which will operate auto**mously (http://mashable.com/2014/02/19/facebook-whatsapp-independent/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) under Facebook's ownership, published a blog post Monday to address concerns that its recent acquisition may mean user data will be shared or that more will be collected. That's **t the case, according to WhatsApp
See also: How to See When Someone Unfriends You on Facebook (http://mashable.com/2012/01/30/how-to-see-unfriend-facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
"If partnering with Facebook meant that we had to change our values, we wouldn’t have done it," wrote Jan Koum, WhatsApp CEO on the company's blog (http://blog.whatsapp.com/index.php/2014/03/setting-the-record-straight/), adding that reports claiming WhastApp will start sharing and collecting are "irresponsible." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/17/whatsapp-your-data-is-safe/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), User Privacy (http://mashable.com/category/user-privacy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), User Data (http://mashable.com/category/user-data/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Whatsapp (http://mashable.com/category/whatsapp/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Social Media (http://mashable.com/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1395090848 (http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1395090848)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/c-oXBHlcmT0