Obviously, the vast majority of people never get sued over this, but if you don’t like someone, it’s one of those lawsuits you can throw at pretty much anyone and they’ll likely be guilty.
are the terms that you accept when using WhatsApp real enough for you?
You provide us, in accordance with applicable laws, the phone numbers in your mobile address book on a regular basis, including those of both the users of our Services and your other contacts. You confirm you are authorized to provide us such numbers to allow us to provide our Services.
You need to ask your contacts if that’s ok. Not us.
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 happens if you don’t get them?
You hope that you don’t get sued… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Obviously, the vast majority of people never get sued over this, but if you don’t like someone, it’s one of those lawsuits you can throw at pretty much anyone and they’ll likely be guilty.
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?
what about signal?
bro pretty much all of them use WhatsApp, let’s be real
are the terms that you accept when using WhatsApp real enough for you?
You provide us, in accordance with applicable laws, the phone numbers in your mobile address book on a regular basis, including those of both the users of our Services and your other contacts. You confirm you are authorized to provide us such numbers to allow us to provide our Services.
what about signal…
well most ppl in the EU use WhatsApp and give wa access to their contacts…