New Terms and Privacy Policy for Whatsapp: Accept it or your account will be deleted
WhatsApp on late Tuesday evening started sending in-app notifications to its users informing them about a change in its Terms of Service and its privacy policy. Users will be required to agree to the instant messaging app’s new Terms and Privacy Policy and failing to do so may need the users to delete their account.
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WhatsApp updates Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and if WhatsApp users do not want to agree to the new privacy rules, they may as well delete their account. The updated Terms of Service and Privacy Policy which will take effect on February 8, applies to all of WhatsApp Services unless specified otherwise.
The company has also updated details about a user’s connections. “ If any of your contacts aren’t yet using our Services, we’ll manage this information for you in a way that ensures those contacts cannot be identified by us,” the company added.
In addition to this, WhatsApp has also detailed how it processes ‘device and connection information’ and ‘location information’. “We collect device and connection-specific information when you install, access, or use our Services. This includes information such as hardware model, operating system information, battery level, signal strength, app version, browser information, mobile network, connection information (including phone number, mobile operator or ISP), language and time zone, IP address, device operations information, and identifiers,” WhatsApp wrote.
What are the new terms and privacy policies?
WhatsApp’s updated terms of service and privacy policies include the following updates:
- Additional information on how WhatsApp handles your data.
- Changes in communication with businesses.
- How WhatsApp shares data with Facebook and its products.
In its ‘Information We Collect’ section, WhatsApp has mentioned, “Our Services have optional features which, if used by you, require us to collect additional information to provide such features. You will be notified of such a collection, as appropriate. If you choose not to provide the information needed to use a feature, you will be unable to use the feature.”
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