Kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, uWhatsApp uhlaziye isicelo sakhe esongeza uhlaziyo kwimigaqo neemeko ukuze akwazi ukusebenzisa usetyenziso. Kule migaqo sinokufunda ukuba inkampani Siza kuqala ukwabelana nenombolo yethu yefowuni kunye nayo yonke into esiyenzayo kuFacebook neenkampani zomntu wesithathu ukuze bakwazi ukunxibelelana nathi ngezi ndlela zimbini zonxibelelwano. UWhatsApp wasivumela ukuba silwe okwethutyana ugunyaziso njengoko sasixele kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, ukuba asiyamkeli imigaqo emitsha asizokwazi ukuqhubeka sisebenzisa owona myalezo usetyenziswayo emhlabeni.
IJamani ibe lilizwe lokuqala elingavumiyo ukuba abasebenzisi be-WhatsApp kweli lizwe banyanzelwe ukuba banike idatha yabo kuFacebook nakwi inyanzele inkampani ukuba iyeke ukuqokelela idatha ebifikelele kuyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kwaye icime lonke ulwazi olunayo ngoku. Inkundla yaseHamburg iyangqina ukuba inkampani ayibazisanga ngokufanelekileyo abasebenzisi abaku-WhatsApp abazizigidi ezingama-35 kweli lizwe ngotshintsho ngokwemiqathango kwaye iyakuba yiyo eza kuyenza ngalo lonke ulwazi eluqokelelayo. Ngokwenkundla, i-Facebook kufuneka icele le mvume kwangaphambili kwaye ichaze kakuhle ukuba ukuqokelela idatha kunye nolawulo lwayo olulandelayo kubandakanya ntoni.
Kungekudala emva kokutyala imali engaphezulu kwe- $ 19.000 yezigidigidi kuthelekiso lweWhatsApp, I-Facebook ibhengeze ukuba ayinakuze ithengise ulwazi malunga nabasebenzisi kwaye ayizukutshintsha imigaqo-nkqubo yabucala. Le ntengiso yinto eqhelekileyo esetyenziswa ziinkampani zonke ezinkulu xa zithenga ezincinci kuba azikhe ziyenze njengenjongo yentlalontle kodwa injongo kukuzisebenzisa kwezoqoqosho. Akukho nto isimahla kwi-intanethi kwaye sonke siyayazi nangona abanye abantu bekufumanisa kunzima ukuyamkela.
IYurophu kwaye ngakumbi iJamani bezisoloko zibonakaliswa ukuzikhathaza kakhulu ngemfihlo yabemi be-European Union kwaye apho ibisoloko ingqubana noGoogle noFacebook kunye nezinye iinkampani zobuchwephesha ukuzama ukuthintela oku kuxhatshazwa. Kodwa ayisiyi-Europe kuphela ekhalayo, kuba e-United States iZiko loLwazi lwaBucala be-elektroniki (i-EPIC) lityhola u-Facebook ngokuxoka nokwaphula imigaqo ye-Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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Andiyisebenzisi i-Facebook, kubonakala ngathi iyagabha kum kwaye ngoku, kangangeentsuku ezimbalwa, nokuba iwhatsapp, kodwa ndiyifumana iyinto ekhathaza kakhulu ukuba abantu abavalelweyo nababoshwe izandla kwezi ntlobo zezicelo abaziqondi ukuba iinkampani ezinje zizenza oonopopi babo.