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Service-related Information: Data about when you registered and service configuration details.
Device and Connection Information:
Hardware Model & Operating System: Your phone's make, model, and OS version.
Battery Level & Signal Strength:
App Version:
Mobile Network & Connection Information: Your mobile operator or Internet Service Provider (ISP).
IP Address: Used to estimate your general location (e.g., city and country) and for diagnostics.
Device Identifiers:
Contacts: With your permission, WhatsApp accesses the phone numbers from your device's address book. This allows it to identify which of your contacts are also WhatsApp users. WhatsApp states that it does not share your contact list with other Meta apps for advertising purposes.

Customer Support and Other Communications: Information kuwait whatsapp number data you provide when contacting WhatsApp for support.
Business Interactions: While your messages with a business are end-to-end encrypted until they reach the business, once received, the business itself may store, use, or share that data according to its own privacy practices. This distinction is often highlighted in news about WhatsApp Business.
Transaction Data: If you use payment features within WhatsApp (like WhatsApp Pay in India), information related to those transactions is collected.
Data Sharing with Meta (The Recurring News Story):

WhatsApp's data practices and the subject of continuous news coverage, user backlash, and regulatory action globally.

2021 Privacy Policy Update: The mandatory update in 2021 sparked outrage. While WhatsApp clarified that it doesn't share your encrypted personal messages, the policy required agreement to share certain non-encrypted user data (like account info, usage data, device data, and interactions with business accounts) with Meta for purposes such as:
Improving Meta Products: To enhance services across the Meta family (Facebook, Instagram, etc.).
Personalized Ads: For more relevant advertising on Meta's other platforms, potentially based on your non-encrypted WhatsApp interactions (e.g., if you interact with a business account on WhatsApp).