How to Check if WhatsApp is Sharing Your Data with Facebook?

Hours after WhatsApp announced a new privacy policy to the nearly 2 billion people around the world who use it, the rumors flew fast and thick.

“Don’t accept WhatsApp’s new policy,” noted one of the messages that went viral on the platform. “Once you do, your WhatsApp account will be linked to your Facebook account and Zuckerberg can see all your chats.” Especially, after the application’s condition that the user accept the new terms on a date. No later than 8 February 2021 or delete his account Which prompted them to search for other alternatives.

“In a few months, WhatsApp will launch a new version that will show you ads based on your chats,” said another one. “Don’t accept the new policy!.”

In Contrast, WhatsApp postponed past week its update aimed at increasing business transactions on the platform, after a storm of concern from users who feared that the messaging platform was watering down its privacy policy in the process.

*Here's how you can check if your information is being shared between WhatsApp and Facebook, though you'll have to wait three days to find out, according to US Today report.

Go to the WhatsApp application on your phone.

- Click on the three dots icon in the upper-right corner, then click on the Settings option.

- Click on the “Account” option.

- Click on the option (request account information).

- Click on the “Request report” option, and the status will change on the screen to show “Request sent”.

- The report is usually available about three days after the date you requested it. When the report is ready, you will receive a notification from WhatsApp on your phone that says: your account information report has become available. You will have a month to download it, before you have to repeat the request again.

- After the report has been received; Click on the download report option; A Zip file that includes HTML and JSON files is downloaded to your phone.

- Open the report; then look for the section titled (Terms of Service), which includes a list of terms of service for 2016 , that shows whether or not you agree to share data.

- If you find next to the field (unsubscribe from sharing data) the word “No”, WhatsApp has already been sharing your data with Facebook since 2016. If the word "yes" appears, then you did not agree to share the data at that time.