WhatsApp started sending in-app notifications to its users in India and other countries, informing them about changes in its new terms of service and privacy policy.
The notification sent to both Android and iOS users is a requisite forcing them to agree to the messaging app’s new privacy rules or else lose access to it, which will lead to their accounts getting deleted.
“WhatsApp is updating its terms and privacy policy,” the company said in the notification.
Key updates:
- The said communication also mentioned key updates which included more information about: –
- WhatsApp’s service and how it processes user data
- How businesses can use Facebook hosted services to store and manage their WhatsApp chats and,
- How the company partners with Facebook, its parent company, to offer integrations across the Facebook Company Product.
As per WhatsApp, its new terms of service, as well as privacy policy, will go live on February 8 and if the users want to continue using the app, they will have to accept the company’s terms and conditions.
If they don’t, they will no longer be able to access their WhatsApp accounts from February 8.
Meanwhile, WhatsApp started trending on Twitter soon after several users reported getting a notification about the app’s changed policies.
