Saturday May 15 is the last day for users from all over the world to accept the terms and conditions presented by the application.
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The social network WhatsApp gave its millions of users a deadline to accept its terms and conditions. Those who do not accept the terms will have limited functions in the instant messaging application.
According to El País, the company has ensured that the new conditions will not have practical effects on the privacy of residents of a country that is a member of the European Union, because the General Data Protection Regulation (RGPD) prevents data from being shared. with Facebook.
What will happen if you don’t accept the terms?
Users who do not accept the new terms can only interact through the screen of notifications to answer messages or calls, you will not be able to access the list of chats and you will not receive messages. “WhatsApp will stop sending messages and calls to your phone,” the company explained.
WhatsApp calls and messages can only be viewed from the screen and the application cannot be entered. (Photo: Rommel Yupanqui)
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The insistence
During the last weeks, the platform has notified its users by means of a message to accept the new terms, to make a decision and those who do not accept will remain in a list of current inactive accounts, although their account will not be eliminated for not accept the conditions, the company explains that if Internet users stop using their account for more than 120 days, it will be deleted.
The new terms
The new conditions became controversial in early 2021, so WhatsApp postponed the time for users to accept them.
These terms will not affect the European Union and the United Kingdom. Among the new privacy conditions is: that the data and contacts of the users will be shared with Facebook, Instagram and Messenger.
For that reason, thousands of users have chosen to use other messaging applications such as Telegram and Signal.
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