WhatsApp Privacy Laws

WhatsApp features

WhatsApp is India’s most popular messaging application and its popularity also poses significant concerns regarding privacy

WhatsApp privacy settings

Are you worried about WhatsApp privacy settings, WhatsApp has some privacy options that can keep you from being stalked on the platform

Hide WhatsApp profile photo, about info

WhatsApp users can enter the settings and then select privacy to select who can see their profile photo or About information.

Hide WhatsApp profile photo, about info

You can select specific contacts that won’t be able to see your profile picture or About information

WhatsApp group
invite settings

WhatsApp's privacy settings and group invite system allow users to decide who can add them to groups. 

WhatsApp group
invite settings

This ensures user privacy and prevents unwanted additions to groups which also decreases the chances of your contact details leaking to strangers

How to activate WhatsApp group privacy settings

The settings can be enabled by going to Settings > Account > Privacy > Groups and selecting from three options: "Everyone", "My Contacts", or "My Contacts Except"

Turning off Whats App read receipts

You can go to WhatsApp settings and then enter privacy options to turn off Read receipts. The sender won’t be able to ascertain if you have read the message

Blocking and reporting
on Whats App

WhatsApp has a feature that allows users to block accounts and report inappropriate messages

How blocking on WhatsApp works

When a user blocks someone, their "Last Seen", online status, status updates, and profile photo changes are no longer visible to the blocked contact.

Report problematic
content, spam Whats
App messages

Users can also report spam and problematic content to WhatsApp and can keep reported messages on their phones to share with fact-checkers or law enforcement

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