dhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 days agoIs it okay to give WhatsApp contacts permission?message-squaremessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIs it okay to give WhatsApp contacts permission?dhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 days agomessage-square45linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agoYeah, here in Germany, we’ve had a verdict that you need to get written permission from all your contacts, if you give WhatsApp access to their data: https://www.rv.hessenrecht.hessen.de/bshe/document/LARE190000029 I would assume, the same is true in the entire EU.
minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agowhat about signal, is that illegal aswell?
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoI don’t know, if they collect contact information or how it’s processed, so no idea…
minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoyet ur ok with giving them ur contacts, bht with wa ur not
minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agowhat about signal, is that illegal aswell?
Yeah, here in Germany, we’ve had a verdict that you need to get written permission from all your contacts, if you give WhatsApp access to their data: https://www.rv.hessenrecht.hessen.de/bshe/document/LARE190000029
I would assume, the same is true in the entire EU.
what about signal, is that illegal aswell?
I don’t know, if they collect contact information or how it’s processed, so no idea…
yet ur ok with giving them ur contacts, bht with wa ur not
what about signal, is that illegal aswell?