Accept WhatsApp's revised policies by Feb 8 to continue using its services
Millions of Indian users received an in-app notification from WhatsApp as part of
an upcoming global roll-out for over 2 billion users, asking them 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 elicit much 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 must
receive or collect some information to operate, provide, improve, understand,
customise, support, and market our Services, including when you install,
access, or use our Services," the updated policy read.
"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," it further read.
WhatsApp's new Terms of Service and privacy policy will come into
effect on February 8.
The mobile messaging platform said that it works with third-party
service providers and "other Facebook Companies"
to help it operate, provide, improve, understand, customise, support, and
market its services.
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