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Comment by DiederikvandenB | Hacker News Reader

Does this also apply to European customers, given GDPR?

This was the very question I have. Presumably given this ultimatum they would pull out of the EU market? That’s great that solves the problem of getting my friends and family onto something else!

European user here - I got the notification today so... I guess it does?

I also got the notification, but it's strange because WhatsApp in Europe is from WhatsApp Ireland Limited, and WhatsApp outside is from WhatsApp LLC. They are different companies with different legal requirements. I've seen some news stating that these new changes apply only to WhatsApp LLC, but the notification seem to say otherwise.

Someone else with more info could explain better?

Seems like, no. On their EU Privacy Policy, it says:

“Today, Facebook does not use your WhatsApp account information to improve your Facebook product experiences or provide you more relevant Facebook ad experiences on Facebook.“

prbly they're not using it to 'improve', but to e.g. worsen? That statement would be legally true. lol.

That "Today," hook sure sounds rather ominous to me.

"Today, I've not murdered you yet! Look at that accomplishment I've made!"

There are no customers. If you’re not paying for it, you’re not a customer: you’re the product.

Whatever WhatsApp/Facebook do to “take care” of the “customers” is just like pig farmers taking care of pigs.

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