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Alert! WhatsApp will stop working if you don t accept new privacy policy News Published: February 24, 2021 10:48 AM IST
WhatsApp has been the talk of the town recently and that’s mainly because of the newly updated privacy policy that shared details of data being shared with parent Facebook and other subsidiaries. Last week, the company announced that to help users understand the new privacy policy better it will show an in-app alert soon. WhatsApp has now said that users must understand and accept the privacy policy by May 15 else they will lose access to their account. Also Read - How to create and send Happy Vishu 2021, Odia New Year, Bohag Bihu, and Puthandu WhatsApp stickers
DUBAI: WhatsApp’s 2 billion active users face a dilemma. WhatsApp recently announced a new Terms of Service (ToS) and Privacy Policy. The “key updates” state that WhatsApp users must accept the new terms and policy or the app gets deactivated. It was later rolled back.
WhatsApp plans to offer users the ability to review the new privacy policy inside its app, ahead of the new May 15th launch (moved from February 8th). The company already tried to reassure users through WhatsApp’s Status feature, but now WhatsApp will include a banner that can be tapped to pull up the explanation of the new policy.
Updated Jan 21, 2021 | 08:47 IST
Worth mentioning here is that WhatsApp on January 6 tweaked its terms of service, informing users that it will share data with Facebook and third parties. Privacy policy tweak won’t expand ability to share data with Facebook, clarifies WhatsApp.
New Delhi: After drawing criticism from over 400 million users in India, WhatsApp has said a recent policy update will not expand its ability to share user data with Facebook and that it is ready to answer all questions on the issue.
Earlier, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) asked WhatsApp to withdraw the unilateral changes to its privacy policy as they take away choice from Indian users and are invasive. On Tuesday, the Centre posed 14 questions to WhatsApp on its “invasive” changes in Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.