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WhatsApp is launching third-party chat support across EU Countries, which means you can now ditch WhatsApp for an EU alternative: BirdyChat from Latvia. (forums.macrumors.com)

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WhatsApp is close to rolling out third-party chat support across the European Union, as part its compliance with the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA)...

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[–] Kissaki@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago

The Haiket website doesn't seem to disclose anything about the people, company, org, or group behind it.

The privacy policy does not disclose them as processors by name either.

The privacy policy GDPR section does not talk about shared information, presumably because they don't because they can't without consent, but the California section says:

Please see the "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" section and "Limit the Use or Disclosure of My Sensitive Personal Information" section for more information on how to opt out and limit the use of sensitive information collected.

Implying a default no-explicit-consent selling of personal and sensitive personal information outside of the GDPR regions.