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Agree to share your new personal data or your account will be deactivated. That s what WhatsApp users around the world need to decide. The company is updating its privacy policy. eTV reporter Pule Letshwiti-Jones had a chat with some experts and filed this report. Courtesy #DStv403
PARIS - The popular messaging app WhatsApp asked its some two billion users to accept new terms that will allow it to share more information with its parent company Facebook and roll out advertising and e-commerce.
The update sparked criticism among users as they must accept the changes or see their access to the service which also allows encrypted voice and video calls cut off from 8 February.
WhatsApp Update to Expand Data Sharing Sparks Criticism
WhatsApp asked its users to agree to its new updated terms, which would allow the service to share users data with Facebook and facilitate e-commerce.
Men pose with smartphones in front of a WhatsApp logo in this illustration. Photo: Reuters/Dado Ruvic
Tech08/Jan/2021
The messaging service WhatsApp on Thursday announced to its almost two billion users its updated terms, which would allow the app to share further users’ data with its parent company Facebook.
The terms include facilitating e-commerce through WhatsApp, as Facebook tries to monetise the messaging service.
The new terms would allow users of WhatsApp Business to use the updated functions in the EU and the UK, a company’s spokesperson told news agency AFP.
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WhatsApp Updates Terms As Moves To Monetize App
01/07/21 AT 1:52 PM
The popular messaging app WhatsApp asked its some two billion users on Thursday to accept new terms that will allow it to share more information with its parent company Facebook and roll out advertising and e-commerce.
The update sparked criticism among users as they must accept the changes or see their access to the service which also allows encrypted voice and video calls cut off from February 8.
Facebook aims to monetise WhatsApp by allowing businesses to contact their clients via the platform, even sell them products directly using the service as they already do in India.
The popular messaging app WhatsApp asked its some two billion users on Thursday to accept new terms that will allow it to share more information with its parent company Facebook and roll out advertising and e-commerce.
The update sparked criticism among users as they must accept the changes or see their access to the service - which also allows encrypted voice and video calls - cut off from February 8.
Facebook aims to monetise WhatsApp by allowing businesses to contact their clients via the platform, even sell them products directly using the service as they already do in India. Privacy policy and terms updates are common in the industry and we’re providing users with ample notice to review the changes, which go into effect on February 8th, a Facebook spokesperson said.