In the beginning of 2021, WhatsApp indicated that they would
conduct an update to their privacy policy. This update led to many
speculating and stating that user's information would no
longer be protected. This update has been rumoured ever since a
massive acquisition, which saw Facebook part with $16 billion to
become the new owners of the WhatsApp domain.
The update in effect leaves users with no choice but to accept
WhatsApp's latest privacy policy. This news was retaliated
with a massive influx of negative social media responses by
disgruntled users. Most of this was due to rumours that data from
the domain could be used by Facebook. Such data includes
user's phone numbers, profile names, pictures, last online
status and general status messages. Facebook and WhatsApp attempted
to silence the rumours by assuring users that this data usage was
specific to WhatsApp Business and that it did not apply to
non-business WhatsApp. Furthermore, that it only uses data
