WhatsApp has announced that it is moving forward the date to accept its new terms and conditions to May 15. The previous date for this was February 8.
WhatsApp in its official twitter handle twitted ”Thank you to everyone who’s reached out. We’re still working to counter any confusion by communicating directly with @WhatsApp users. No one will have their account suspended or deleted on Feb 8 and we’ll be moving back our business plans until after May – https://blog.whatsapp.com/giving-more-time-for-our-recent-update…”
WhatsApp users received a notification this month that it was preparing a new privacy policy and terms, and it reserved the right to share user data with the Facebook App. This led a massive spike in downloads of Signal and Telegram ever since WhatsApp privacy concerns made users across the globe.
WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook in 2014 but has been slow to monetize it. But the app already shares certain user data like phone number and IP address with Facebook.
WhatsApp on Friday said it would delay the new policy launch to May from February, that the update was focused on allowing users to message with businesses, and that the update does not affect personal conversations, which will continue to have end-to-end encryption.
