FB - WhatsApp delays privacy policy change after spurring confusion over Facebook sharing

WhatsApp (FB +2.4%) is delaying a controversial update to its privacy policy after users were confused (and many flocked to download rival apps). Users were recently asked to accept policy changes by Feb. 8 or lose access to WhatsApp; the new policy would allow WhatsApp to share data with its behemoth parent as well as other companies from business chats where users talk with a company's customer service platform. But many users read the change as affecting their personal conversations, which are end-to-end encrypted. And that's led to an explosion in downloads of private messaging rivals Signal and Telegram. "We’ve heard from so many people how much confusion there is around our recent update," WhatsApp says. "WhatsApp was built on a simple idea: what you share with your friends and family stays between you. This means we will always protect your personal conversations with end-to-end encryption, so that neither WhatsApp

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WhatsApp delays privacy policy change after spurring confusion over Facebook sharing