WhatsApp FAQ - About status privacy
About status privacy - Your status updates can only be seen by someone if you have their phone number in your phone's address book and they have your phone number in their phone’s address book. You can choose to share your status updates with all your contacts or selected contacts only. By default, your status updates are shared with all your contacts. To change your status privacy Tap Status. Android: Tap More options > Status privacy. i
When sharing your status update, WhatsApp won't share your account information with Facebook or other apps. Related resources. Learn how to use status on: ...