Without a doubt, one of the most important purchase operations in recent years has been the purchase of WhatsApp by Facebook. The guys from Zuckerberg know quite well what they have to buy, and that's why they got what is the most important instant messaging application of the moment.
A purchase that brought a main concern: What will happen to user data after Facebook purchase? Something that worries a lot since Facebook rushed to update the privacy conditions of WhatsApp stating that they could share certain data to improve the operation of both services. But the truth is that they will not have it so easy in Europe ... European Union you are about to update your data protection regulation, and for now WhatsApp will not be able to share any information with Facebook ...
Everything exploded after the purchase of WhatsApp by Facebook back in 2016, an operation in which Facebook was more than interested in all the data traffic that passes through WhatsApp. The European Union was concerned after the update of the WhatsApp privacy policy, which established the possibility for WhatsApp to share its users' data with Facebook to improve both applications. That is why the European Union also wanted to update its General Data Protection Regulation which will enter into force in the month of May, And because of that WhatsApp has to change its strategy if it wants to share something with FacebookCurrently there is a lot of information about the exchange of data that they do not want to clarify, and therefore they do not comply with the new regulation.
Good news as you can see, in the end, many of us are lucky to live within the European Union and be protected by the different bodies that compose it. We will see what happens from the month of May since it is likely that WhatsApp, and many other companies, will end up finding legal loopholes to be able to do what they want. Of course, we do not have to forget that in the end we are the ones who decide to be in a service like WhatsApp or not, and therefore we have to be careful when we see something for free ... There is nothing free, and it is more and more frequent that the price is our information.
