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WhatsApp Claims to Share Only Limited Payment Data With Facebook

11Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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WhatsApp Claims to Share Only Limited Payment Data With Facebook

The well-known messaging app Whatsapp has stated that it shares only limited data of payment service with its owner firm Facebook and the parent company does not utilize the data for the commercial purpose. The messaging app has been lately working on its payment feature had to postpone the launch due to the ongoing Facebook data scam. Whatsapp payments service has partnered with UPI to launch an in-app payment service on its platform and, at present, is in beta version in India. Its users are concerned how much of their information is being shared with Facebook and how is the social media using it. This is the reason why WhatsApp has been compelled to put up an explanation in this regard. On its official website, Whatsapp claimed, "Facebook does not use WhatsApp payment information fo...

Cobrapost Sting Accuses Paytm for Sharing Data with PMO

Cobrapost news portal conducted a sting operation and it claimed the digital wallet firm, Paytm has breached the user’s privacy by sharing user data related to the details of the protestors in the Kashmir Valley with the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on receiving orders from them. In the 13 minutes long video, the cobrapost has exposed the senior Paytm members (Sudhanshu Gupta, Vice President; Ajay Shekhar Sharma, Sr. Vice President of Paytm) accepting that they have shared data with PMO after they got a call. This sting operation was a part of Cobrapost’s investigation ‘Operation-136 II’, in which Ajay Shekhar Sharma (brother of Paytm founder Operation-136 II) said that someone from the PMO asked for data of users to identify stone-pelters. Cobrapost's reporter Pushp Sharma used the...

Twitter Overstated Its Monthly Users Figures For 3 Years

Twitter said on Thursday that it overstated its monthly user numbers since 2014 after accidentally including third-party application's data in its count. The revelation came when the company reported that its net loss had slowed in the third quarter and that the number of daily active users had risen by 14 per cent. The disclosure, however, could further damage Twitter's reputation as the company criticizes Russia's role in its efforts to interfere in the presidential election and complains about what critics have called scattershot efforts to prevent abuse and harassment on its platform, and skepticism among some investors, who are concerned that global growth in users is falling. At least initially investors were not particularly worried about the excessive number of users. Twit...