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WhatsApp has come under fire for its new privacy policy since the company announced it.
WhatsApp has announced that no user will lose access to their WhatsApp accounts even if they do not accept the new privacy policy.
WhatsApp will not delete your account, its functionality will be limited if you do not accept the privacy policy.
WhatsApp has come under fire for its new privacy policy since the company announced it. Due to the lack of clarity and misinformation about the new terms of service, many WhatsApp users have moved to other messaging apps, including Signal, Telegram. Users were under the impression that WhatsApp would share users' private information like chats like Facebook. This forced WhatsApp to change the deadline not once but twice.
Earlier, WhatsApp notified users of its changing policies through in-app notifications. Earlier, the deadline for accepting the new policy was February 8, but due to customer feedback, the company postponed the deadline to May 15. However, now the May 15 deadline is also not correct as WhatsApp had removed it a few days ago. As the deadline passed, WhatsApp also made some important announcements about the new privacy policy.
WhatsApp had earlier warned users to accept the new privacy policy by May 15 to continue using the app. But not now. The company made it clear that no user would lose access to their WhatsApp accounts even if they did not accept the new privacy policy. Due to this update, no account will be deleted on May 15 and no one in India will lose the functionality of WhatsApp. We will follow up with reminders to people over the next several weeks. - There's a lot more to WhatsApp announcements, and it's clearly not as easy as it sounds. Although WhatsApp will not delete your account, its functionality will be limited if you do not accept the privacy policy. WhatsApp is a very subtle way for users to accept the new privacy policy. On the one hand, it has made a satisfactory announcement that users will not lose access to their accounts and on the other hand, if the privacy policy is not adopted, it will deprive users of some important functions. hats WhatsApp has updated its FAQ page to send permanent reminders to users to accept the privacy policy.
For weeks, he plans to remind users about it, but if things don't go as planned for WhatsApp, you'll lose your features. The app will be turned into a soulless body because what will you do with your account if you can't access your chat list or send messages to your contacts? - The first and most important thing that WhatsApp will take away from its users is the chat list. Accordingly, WhatsApp will allow users to answer incoming phone and video calls. And if you have enabled notifications, you can read or reply to a message by tapping on them or make a missed phone or video call. - We will then be reminded again and again to accept the new privacy policy. Failure to do so will result in users not being able to receive incoming calls or notifications and WhatsApp will stop sending messages and calls to your phone. In this scenario, all you have to do is accept this policy or delete your account and go to another messaging app.
April 21, 2021, 6:08 p.m.
