The announcement of new terms and conditions for using the messaging service caused outraged users to migrate to other applications.
Following the controversy caused by the new privacy policies announced by WhatsApp, the company decided to explain to users what will happen to those who do not update the conditions and terms that will take effect from May 15, 2021.
The courier service indicated through its official blog that if by this date you have not accepted the new policies, you will not be left without your account, but you will lose some of its functions.
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“If you have not accepted by then, WhatsApp will not delete your account. However, you will not have the full functionality of WhatsApp until you accept it,” the company, which is part of Facebook, states.
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That is, “for a short period of time” you will be able to “receive calls and notifications, but you will not be able to“ read or send messages from the app, ”he points out.
According to WhatsApp, after May 15 you can accept updates to continue enjoying the application, and while you do so will proceed to implement the policy of inactive users. According to the Colombian media El Temps, these regulations provide that after 120 days of inactivity the account will be deleted.
WhatsApp was created in 2009 but became massively popular in
2012, thus moving to the SMS service.
However, before the date set for the new policy to take effect, it also gives you the option to export your “chat history to Android or iPhone and download a report from your account.”
But it clarifies to you that if you decide to delete your account the entire message history will be deleted, “delete it from all your WhatsApp groups” and even the backups will disappear.
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The changes announced by WhatsApp earlier this year are related to the data the platform shares with other Facebook companies. As well as the new functions that will have the companies that have corporate accounts within the application, indicated the Colombian means.
The announcement of the new conditions and terms for the use of the messaging service caused that from last January outraged users will migrate to other applications, including Telegram and Signal.
Initially the measure was expected to take effect from February 8, 2021, however, the controversy caused the company to move it until May 15.
Facebook acquired WhatsApp messaging service in 2014 at a cost of $ 22 billion. Photo / AFP
Acquired by Facebook in 2014 for $ 22 billion, WhatsApp is a strategic asset for Mark Zuckerberg’s group, which sees its social network growth stagnate, experts have noted.
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