What companies keep · WhatsApp (Meta)
What WhatsApp (Meta) knows about you
Your phone's address book is uploaded regularly, including people who do not yet use the service, according to the official policy, which also covers your precise location and device signals such as battery level. The messages themselves are end-to-end encrypted.
Privacy policy, read on 21 August 2026.
The letter asks for the file it keeps on you, or for its erasure, and the answer has a thirty-day legal deadline. What the law does at each reply is on the When the company answers page.