WhatsApp Terms of Service News

The latest update allows users to choose between ‘review’ or ‘not now’ if they see a pop up with updated terms. WhatsApp's newly packaged Terms of Service revealed that the company would share select user data with advertisers and if any of the users choose to decline, then they will lose the messaging service. The report further showed that WhatsApp would reveal this new change about the Terms of Service “very soon."

WhatsApp has said that after giving everyone time to review the privacy policy from May 15, after a period of several weeks, the reminder people receive will eventually become persistent. After persistent reminders, the users will encounter limited functionality on WhatsApp until they accept the updates. This limited functionality means that first users will only lose access to the chat list but they would be able to answer incoming calls and can reply to messages also.

This alert is only for those who haven’t yet accepted its new terms of service already and it is for both iOS and Android users. The website’s screenshot revealed that the company is sending alerts to some of its users again about its privacy policy which will come into effect on May 15 and before that they need to accept the changed terms and conditions. WhatsApp had already clarified that the chats on the platform will be end-to-end encrypted and it will also become easier to chat with businesses and it is also making it optional for users to opt in to this service.

WhatsApp will slowly ask such users to comply with the new terms to have full functionality of WhatsApp till May 15. WhatsApp started showing in-app alerts to some users informing them about the change in its Terms of Service. The screenshots shared by the blog site reveal that few users are getting notification which basically informs about the things that are changing with the new Terms of Service.

A new report says that the Facebook-owned messaging app has started showing in-app notifications to some users in this regard. The screenshots shared by the blog site reveal that few users are getting notification which basically informs about the things that are changing with the new Terms of Service. WhatsApp has already clarified that the personal chats and information of users will remain end to end encrypted.

According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp’s new Terms of Service will come into effect on May 15, 2021. With the screenshots, the blog site explained the changes that the new policy will bring to the messaging platform and in the new WhatsApp beta for Android 2.21.4.13, WhatsApp is working to improve the communication to the users with a new informative alert. In another screenshot, WhatsApp is planning to give all the details on how it functions and how it processes data, and how businesses manage users' data using Facebook’s tools.