The company’s new terms explicitly allow for these kinds of data-sharing projects. Previously, Whisper’s terms and conditions contained no wording that explicitly related to sharing of data for government or educational research. No specific user or personal data has been shared for the research. Whisper has been sharing information with the US Department of Defense, for a research study into suicides, without notifying its users. Sharing information with the Department of Defense
The terms now tell users to “please bear in mind that, even if you have disabled location services, we may still determine your city, state, and country location based on your IP address (but not your exact location).” Whisper’s new policy maintains that geolocation services are voluntary, but contains a get-out clause. Tracking users who have opted out of geolocation In fact, Whisper had drafted the update to its terms and privacy policy months earlier, in August, 2014. The new terms of use and privacy pages appeared on Whisper’s website on 13 October, 2014.Ī previous version of this article suggested the changes to Whisper’s terms of service were a direct response to the company having discovered, four days earlier, that the Guardian planned to write a story about a number of company practices. Whisper, the app which claims to be “the first completely anonymous social media network”, has introduced changes to its terms of service.
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