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The WhatsApp application continues to send notifications to its users so that they accept its new privacy policies before May 15, or otherwise they will no longer be able to use the app.
“Accept these updates to continue using WhatsApp”, it is read in the reminders sent by the app to users who have not accepted the new policies that would allow the application to share user data with Facebook.
What will happen if I do not accept the new WhatsApp terms?
For those users who do not accept the new WhatsApp policies before May 15, their account will not be eliminated, but they will start to lose functions within the application, since they will not be able to send or receive messages. They can only receive calls and notifications.
What’s more, from that moment the policy of inactive users will be applied. With this, after 120 days of inactivity, the WhatsApp account will be deleted. The content stored in it will remain on the user’s device until the user removes the app from the phone.
The platform clarifies that in the event that the user decides to delete their account, all the message history will be deleted, it will be removed from all the groups to which it belongs and the backup copies will disappear.
What is the new WhatsApp policy?
WhatsApp has come under fire for asking its 2 billion users to accept its new terms of use, that allow it to share more data with its parent company, Facebook.
The group intends to monetize its platform by allowing advertisers to contact their customers through WhatsApp, or even sell their products directly in the application, as is already the case in India.
“Updating of confidentiality policies are common in the industry and we are providing users with all the necessary information to verify the changes that will take effect.”
According to the company, the data that can be shared between WhatsApp and the Facebook application ecosystem (including Instagram and Messenger) They include contacts and profile information, except for the content of messages.
However, this new policy brought endless criticism, so WhatsApp denied that user privacy is violated, but in recent weeks there have been millions of people who have switched to using alternatives, such as Telegram o Signal.
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