It not only shares all the conversations you have with a third-party service provider but chats logs to see what you buy, transaction value when you buy certain products the most, etc. The WhatsApp privacy policy states that the content you share with businesses may be visible to several people in that company as well as with third-party companies that the business works with (including Facebook). This also led to the popularity of Signal, Telegram, and other WhatsApp alternatives. Additionally, there were memes and general consensus that WhatsApp and its parent company Facebook is trying to see the content users share with family and friends, with the new policy change.
While it was meant mainly for business, several users mistook the step as an invasion of their privacy.
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The update included a better integration of WhatsApp with Facebook and its other services to broaden its e-commerce plan, using user details such as phone numbers, device ID, rough location, and transaction data, among other things. Read more: Don’t like the new WhatsApp privacy policy? Here are 5 WhatsApp alternatives to consider The controversy behind WhatsApp privacy policyĮarlier this year, WhatsApp quietly tweaked its privacy policy and terms of services and informed users about it via a notification, which said ‘accept these updates to continue using WhatsApp’. If you are not seeing the pop-up, chances are you have already accepted the new WhatsApp policy. That’s the only way you can agree to the update as of now. That said, your account won’t be deleted unless it remains inactive for more than 120 days. “For a short time, you’ll be able to receive calls and notifications, but won’t be able to read or send messages from the app,” as per WhatsApp.
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Unless WhatsApp decides to extend the date, users who won’t agree to the new privacy policy and terms of service by May 15th will lose the “ full functionality” of the app. What will happen if the user does not accept the WhatsApp policy? The effective date was later extended to May 15th, giving users at least three months of time to properly review and accept the policy. When will the new WhatsApp privacy policy update be implemented?Īs stated above, the new WhatsApp privacy policy update was originally scheduled to be implemented on February 8th, 2021.