How To Stay Compliant With The Data Privacy Regulations Of WhatsApp GDPR
                     HOW TO STAY COMPLIANT WITH 
THE DATA PRIVACY 
REGULATIONS OF WHATSAPP 
GDPR
HOW TO STAY COMPLIANT WITH THE DATA 
PRIVACY REGULATIONS OF WHATSAPP GDPR
• With over 1.5 billion users across the world, WhatsApp is definitely one of the most useful 
messaging services today. While its pervasiveness was more evident in social networks when it 
was introduced, it has now crossed workplaces. Off late, a lot of businesses (both big and small), 
have been embracing WhatsApp as their primary communication tool because of the useful 
features that it has, such as live location sharing, group messaging and verified accounts for 
businesses.
• However, if you have Bring Your Own Device, Choose Your Own Device or Company 
Owner/Personally Enabled policies in your company, you need to be prepared for the fact that 
WhatsApp might be installed on any of these devices. In this generation of General Data 
Protection Regulation, such a scenario can be a compliance nightmare as this regulation 
implements a plethora of data privacy rules that impact the use of messaging tools, such as 
WhatsApp, at work.
HOW TO STAY COMPLIANT WITH THE DATA 
PRIVACY REGULATIONS OF WHATSAPP GDPR
• When it comes to use of WhatsApp in your business, especially for customer service purposes, 
you can implement various steps all while making sure that you are in compliant with the data 
privacy regulations of WhatsApp GDPR. One of the things you need to is know how to properly 
add customers to a group chat. If you want customers to be part of a certain group chat, you 
cannot simply add them to the group. 
• The rationale behind this is that the group members can be able to see each other’s details, 
such as their phone numbers and addresses. It is a good idea to send them an invitation link 
and let them decide to join the group by themselves instead of just adding them. When they 
click on the link and agree to join the group, they provide their explicit consent. 
• For more information on WhatsApp GDPR, visit our website at https://www.telemessage.com/
HOW TO STAY COMPLIANT WITH 
THE DATA PRIVACY 
REGULATIONS OF WHATSAPP 
GDPR