dhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 days agoIs it okay to give WhatsApp contacts permission?message-squaremessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down15file-text
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minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 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-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoWhat happens if you don’t get them?
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 days agoYou 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.
minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·10 days agowhat about signal, is that illegal aswell?
minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·10 days agowhat about signal, is that illegal aswell?
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoI don’t know, if they collect contact information or how it’s processed, so no idea…
minus-squaredhkuq3645@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 days agoyet ur ok with giving them ur contacts, bht with wa ur not
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?
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