BIG UPDATE ON WHATSAPP POLICY
WhatsApp announced delaying by three months the implementation of a
new privacy policy that has faced massive backlash with tens of millions
of its users moving from the platform to rivals like Signal and
Telegram. The policy change was originally scheduled to come into effect
on February 8, the Facebook-owned company said. It has clarified that
the update does not affect data sharing with Facebook with regard to
personal conversations or other profile information and only addresses
business chats in the event a user converses with a company''s customer
service platform through WhatsApp.
"We've heard from so many
people how much confusion there is around our recent update. There''s
been a lot of misinformation causing concern and we want to help
everyone understand our principles and the facts," WhatsApp said in a company blog.
"WhatsApp
was built on a simple idea: what you share with your friends and family
stays between you. This means we will always protect your personal
conversations with end-to-end encryption, so that neither WhatsApp nor
Facebook can see these private messages. It''s why we don't keep logs of
who everyone''s messaging or calling. We also can't see your shared
location and we don't share your contacts with Facebook," it said
further.
Asserting that none of that changes, the company said, "The update
includes new options people will have to message a business on WhatsApp,
and provides further transparency about how we collect and use data.
While not everyone shops with a business on WhatsApp today, we think
that more people will choose to do so in the future and it''s important
people are aware of these services. This update does not expand our
ability to share data with Facebook." The company said it was moving
back the date on which people will be asked to review and accept the
terms. "No one will have their account suspended or deleted on February
8.
We're also going to do a lot more to clear up the misinformation around
how privacy and security works on WhatsApp. We''ll then go to people
gradually to review the policy at their own pace before new business
options are available on May 15," it added.
FINAL CONCLUSION:- The company said no one will be losing access to the app if they didn't
agree to the new terms of service agreement that communicated the
changes earlier this month. "We're also going to do a lot more to clear
up the misinformation around how privacy and security works on WhatsApp.
We''ll then go to people gradually to review the policy at their own
pace before new business options are available on May 15," it added.
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