Facebook bought WhatsApp for $16 billion in 2014. WhatsApp will now start sharing user data with the company that owns it, Facebook. The social network will use this data to sell more ads and make more money. WhatsApp is going to share your phone number, a valuable data point that could be used to find out where you live. Facebook could not provide a specific list of what information WhatsApp would share. It was nice while it lasted, but the sentiment that WhatsApp is an app that protects and cares for your privacy is no longer a reality.”]
Source: https://gizmodo.com/whatsapp-betrays-privacy-stance-will-share-data-with-f-1785733967