precautions while using whatsapp

If you are roaming, resist using your phone casually. Bookmark the mobile versions of sites you use regularly to cut bandwidth. Consider using a separate browser; Opera shrinks data before sending it, which can majorly reduce your usage.

If you purchased your phone on contract, its likely to be locked to your provider network, and wont work with SIMs from other providers. Check before travelling. It can be worth buying a more basic phone for travel, which has the added advantage youll be less concerned if you lose it.

This is an agreement between WhatsApp Inc., a California corporation WhatsApp, the owner and operator of the WhatsApp Site, the WhatsApp software, including WhatsApp Messenger collectively, including all content provided by WhatsApp through WhatsApp Messenger and the WhatsApp Site, the WhatsApp Service, or the Service, and you you or You, a user of the Service.

These Terms of Service apply to all users of the WhatsApp Service. Information provided by our users through the WhatsApp Service may contain links to third party websites that are not owned or controlled by WhatsApp. WhatsApp has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party websites. In addition, WhatsApp will not and cannot censor or edit the content of any third party site.

Subject to your compliance with these Terms of Service, WhatsApp hereby grants you permission to use the Service, provided that i your use of the Service as permitted is solely for your personal use, and you are not permitted to resell or charge others for use of or access to the Service, or in any other manner inconsistent with these Terms of Service; ii you will not duplicate, transfer, give access to, copy or distribute any part of the Service in any medium without WhatsApps prior written authorization; iii you will not attempt to reverse engineer, alter or modify any part of the Service; and iv you will otherwise comply with the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

The design of the WhatsApp Service along with WhatsApp created text, scripts, graphics, interactive features and the like, except Status Submissions as defined below, and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein Marks, are owned by or licensed to WhatsApp, subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under United States and foreign laws and international conventions. The Service is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. WhatsApp reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Service. You agree to not engage in the use, copying, or distribution of any of the Service other than expressly permitted herein, including any use, copying, or distribution of Status Submissions of third parties obtained through the Service for any commercial purposes.

The WhatsApp Service allows WhatsApp 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. These Status Submissions may be hosted, shared, and/or published as part of the WhatsApp Service, and may be visible to other users of the Service who have your mobile phone number in their mobile phone and which you have not expressly blocked. For clarity, direct messages, location data and photos or files that you send directly to other WhatsApp users will only be viewable by those WhatsApp users or groups you directly send such information; but Status Submissions may be globally viewed by WhatsApp users that have your mobile phone number on their smartphone, unless the user is blocked by you. Currently, we have no method of providing different levels of visibility of your Status Submissions among users that have your mobile phone number you acknowledge and agree that any Status Submissions may be globally viewed by users that have your mobile phone number, so dont submit or post status messages or profile photos that you dont want to be seen globally. A good rule of thumb is if you dont want the whole world to know something or see something, dont submit it as a Status Submission to the Service. The submission of your last seen status is done on an automatic basis. As clarified in the following section, you retain your ownership rights in your Status Submissions. You understand that whether or not such Status Submissions are published, WhatsApp does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any submissions.

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless WhatsApp, its parent corporation, officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses including but not limited to attorneys fees arising from i your use of and access to the WhatsApp Service; ii your violation of any term of these Terms of Service; iii your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; or iv any claim that one of your Status Submissions caused damage to a third party. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms of Service and your use of the WhatsApp Service. We dont support or encourage illegal consumption of alcohol or tobacco, so there.

You affirm that you are either more than 16 years of age, or an emancipated minor, or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in these Terms of Service, and to abide by and comply with these Terms of Service. In any case, you affirm that you are at least 16 years old as the WhatsApp Service is not intended for children under 16. If you are under 16 years of age, you are not permitted to use the WhatsApp Service. You further represent and warrant that you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a terrorist supporting country, and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

Other users of the WhatsApp Service may see your Status Submissions in a way that is consistent with the use of the WhatsApp Service. For example, a status of Cant talk, please SMS instead set by phone number +1 408 555 1212 will be available to every user of the WhatsApp Service who has that mobile phone number in their mobile phones address book or contact list. In other words If another user has your mobile phone number stored in their mobile phone address book or contact list, they will be able see your status information unless you have chosen to block such user. Last Seen information is available and displayed to each user who has your mobile phone number in their mobile phone address book or contact book and which you have not blocked, and reflects the last approximate time the WhatsApp mobile application has been used or brought to the foreground on your mobile phone. Last Seen information is reported to WhatsApp when a user brings the mobile application to the foreground.