There are three lies in the world: "No, you do not look fat in it from", "Yes, I am over 18" and "Yes, I have read the terms and conditions". The latter could lead to disaster for many WhatsApp users now. Handelsblatt reports that you receive all rights of use of the shared contents of the user to WhatsApp by the Terms and Conditions. This read many as a license that WhatsApp can now sell the shared content and images for promotional purposes. But what's really there? If WhatsApp to the next Getty Images?
The online edition of Handeslblatts published two days ago an article that deals with the legal risks dealing the popular chat app WhatsApp. The article reported that WhatsApp toll free user rights secures to split images and content. Furthermore lawyer Rolf Becker is quoted as saying that "WhatsApp all content, images and redistribute the like, without limitation and in any media formats and through all channels can." We should, then the lawyer explained, so do not be surprised, his pictures or content later to find on billboards.
The myth of the commercialized image
First of all it should be mentioned that WhatsApp is not the only service in the Conditions secures various (photo) rights. Also have Facebook and Instagram, these clauses., As part of their business model It is true that an app usage rights can be sure the copyright remains with the author. No matter how often a service your Selfie so should use for advertising purposes, at the end of the day you are still the owner of the image.
It is not the responsibility of WhatsApp to abuse the data of its users. Also, and this is not mentioned in the Handelsblatt article, the transfer of rights of use not related to the spread in chat contents, but those concerning their own status. According WhatsApp, this means:
The WhatsApp WhatsApp Service Allows users to submit status text, profile photos and other communications submitted by you, as well as the automatic submission of your "last seen" status (collectively, the "Status Submissions").
So that means that the following data will be useful legally take the app:'s own status, profile photo, and the "last seen" status. The image which you have done with your grandma will be so not to be seen next week at the promotional poster from H & M. On the contrary - Direct messages and group chats are not affected by this enumeration. WhatsApp has secured the rights to your profile picture if they want to show it without the next day to have a lawsuit for copyright infringement against the door because they have used copyrighted material without your consent.
Private data in group chats remain private
Also published in Handelsblatt quote is not true:
"But give users not only all its contents to the company from California." Also, each participant of WhatsApp can rely on contributions, "says Becker." This License will terminate only when the user remove or delete a message from the WhatsApp service ".
The privacy of your content remains intact. If an image is visible only for a specific contact, can not access any other user on your contributions even after the transfer of rights. Accessing external described by Mr. Becker refers in that respect back to the data listed above.
Conclusion
Basically, I welcome the fact that opinion media such as Handelsblatt take up issues such as data security on the Internet. It is a pity, however, that only a one-sided point of view is taken and not all the facts and data were considered. The statements of the lawyer should be treated with caution as they do not always reflect what WhatsApp indicates in its terms and conditions. Of course, WhatsApp is not innocent and each user should be careful with the proliferation of personal data or photos. Especially young people should be educated about their rights prevail and Internet threats.
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