that users must agree to by 8th February 2021. After public outcry and calls to switch to other messaging platforms such as Signal and Telegram, WhatsApp has just announced that it’s delaying its new update by slightly more than 3 months.
The new WhatsApp terms mainly touches on its integration with Facebook and bringing the WhatsApp experience to other Facebook Company Products. When compared to Signal and Telegram, WhatsApp does collect significantly more data according to the privacy section of its app listing on Apple’s AppStore.
It clarifies that its continues to protect your personal conversations with end-to-end encryption so that neither WhatsApp nor Facebook will be able to see your messages. It also said they do not keep a log of everyone’s message and call history. On top of that, they can’t see your shared location and they do not share your contacts with Facebook.
To give ample time for people to understand the changes, WhatsApp is pushing back its date for people to accept the terms from 8th February to 15th May 2021. In the mean time, they will beef up its efforts to clear up the misinformation about its privacy and security.
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