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WhatsApp's privacy policy updated; accept terms of services or lose account

Reported by:  PTC News Desk  Edited by:  Gitanjali Mangal -- January 06th 2021 05:00 PM -- Updated: January 06th 2021 05:47 PM
WhatsApp's privacy policy updated; accept terms of services or lose account

WhatsApp's privacy policy updated; accept terms of services or lose account

As part of an upcoming global roll-out for over 2 billion users, WhatsApp asked millions of Indian users to either accept the changes in its Terms of Service and privacy policy by February 8 or their accounts will be deleted. The in-app notification did not show many details but clicking on the links clearly mentioned the key changes in how WhatsApp will collect and process users' information going forward, and the partnership with Facebook, its parent company, as part of a larger unification drive between the family of apps. WhatsApp 'back door' could allow police to snoop on private messages | The Independent | The Independent Also Read | SC concerned over farmers' stir; to hear all pleas against new farm laws The updated policy read, "WhatsApp must receive or collect some information to operate, provide, improve, understand, customize, support, and market our Services, including when you install, access, or use our Services," Adding, "Businesses you interact with using our Services may provide us with information about their interactions with you. We require each of these businesses to act in accordance with applicable law when providing any information to us," WhatsApp may soon introduce a feature showing how many times a message has been forwarded- Technology News, Firstpost WhatsApp's new Terms of Service and privacy policy will come into effect on February 8.


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