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It’s easy to distinguish between a personal account and a business account on WhatsApp. In an individual chat, tap or click the contact’s name to view their profile. If they’re a business, their profile will be labeled as a WhatsApp Business account.
A Business account is the default status for a business that creates an account on one of the WhatsApp Business products.
Some businesses have a Meta Verified badge indicated by a blue checkmark that appears next to the business name in the chat window. The badge means the business was verified by Meta based on their activity on WhatsApp and documents they provide.
Note: We're also exploring other ways to let you know whether a business is Meta Verified so you can feel confident when reaching out. For example, you might see notifications or visuals within WhatsApp letting you know if a business is not Meta Verified. To learn more about Meta Verified for Business on WhatsApp, read this article.

Why am I seeing a new system message in my WhatsApp chats?

Some businesses choose WhatsApp’s parent company, Meta, or another company to securely store messages and respond to customers.
You’ll see the following messages, when a business chooses to:
  • Use a partner: You’ll see “This business works with other companies to manage this chat.”
  • Use the WhatsApp Business Platform Cloud API (Hosted by Meta): You’ll see “This business uses a secure service from Meta to manage this chat.”
If a business is using the WhatsApp Business app or managing and storing customer messages themselves, you’ll see: “Messages and calls are end-to-encrypted. Only people in this chat can read, listen to, or share them.”
Meta will not automatically use the messages you send a business to inform the ads that you see. However, businesses will be able to use chats they receive for their own marketing purposes, including advertising on Meta.
If you don’t want to receive messages from a business, you can block them directly from the chat.

Always private and secure

Every WhatsApp message is protected by the same Signal encryption protocol that secures messages before they leave your device. When you message a WhatsApp business account, your message is delivered securely to the destination chosen by the business.
Note:
  • There are optional services that a business or you can choose to use where Meta receives limited information. For example, you can choose to start a chat with a business after interacting with their ad on Facebook and Instagram or interact with offers and announcements a business may send you on WhatsApp. We include the
    single chevron
    icon at the top of the chat bar for these services, which you’ll be able to tap to learn more about how this works. To learn more about interactions with business chats that include offers and announcements, read this article.
  • In addition, certain companies choose to use AI from Meta to assist them in responding to messages sent from customers. Meta receives these chats to improve its AI quality; when this happens we will let you know by highlighting “uses AI from Meta” under the business name.

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