Whatsapp will allow you to download everything it knows about you

The new European regulation is about to arrive, so companies have to start adjusting their privacy settings. Since they have to better inform users about how they obtain the data and what they do with it. WhatsApp has already got down to business. And soon they will allow users to download everything the app knows about them.

WhatsApp will allow you to download everything it knows about you

The messaging application will explain to users the way in which the information is used. As they comment, they seek to be more transparent in this regard with the millions of people who use the popular application in Europe.

New privacy settings on WhatsApp

The company itself has revealed that the only information shared between WhatsApp and Facebook is about malicious users who send spam. In addition, a few days after the social network introduced this option, the messaging application will also allow you to download the data they have stored about you. We can see what information they have stored about us.

Following the route Settings - Account - Request account information we can obtain the data that WhatsApp has stored about us. Something that will surely be most interesting for many users. Since until now this information was not available.

When we ask for this information, the application will generate a report with this data. Once ready, a ZIP with these files will be downloaded. There we can see everything that the application has stored about us over time.

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