WhatsApp has revealed how it will gradually reduce its users ’accounts that do not accept the upcoming platform’s privacy policy changes, due to take effect on May 15th.
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New WhatsApp banner explaining the changes to privacy policy
According to an email seen TechCrunch to one of its buyer partners, WhatsApp said it would “slowly” urge users who have not yet embraced the policy changes to comply with the new terms over the coming weeks, “to will be full activity of WhatsApp ”starting May 15th.
If they do not yet accept the terms, “for a short time, those users will be able to receive notifications and notifications, but will not be able to read or send messages from the app,” the company added in the note.
The company confirmed that TechCrunch that the note properly indicates his plan, and that the “short term” will last a few weeks. WhatsApp’s policy for inactive users states that accounts are “usually deleted after 120 days of inactivity.”
WhatsApp announced its new terms of use early last month, and the changes at the time were explained by many users meaning the platform would share their messages with Facebook parent company.
Of course, private messages between users will still be circulated from end to end, so that they can only be received by those in the conversation. WhatsApp also allows business users to message, however, and the same protections do not apply to those messages. Data in business messages is used for commercial purposes such as ad targeting on Facebook, with some data stored on Facebook servers.
The misunderstanding caused backlash among users of the Facebook-owned platform, causing an exodus to compete with messaging apps like Telegram and Signal, which were both quick to exploit take on the situation by coaxing old users with more mainstream chat features.
WhatsApp has since used In-app updates to clarify that the update does not affect the sharing of data by Facebook regarding user chats or profile information, with the new terms instead applying to it. those who use the business chat feature.
In the weeks leading up to May, WhatsApp will start releasing a small in-app banner (pictured above) that users can tap to review the privacy policies.
Tapping on the banner will show a more detailed summary of the changes, including more details on how WhatsApp works with Facebook. The company, which is owned by Facebook, says it will remind users to read and accept the new policy in order to continue using the app.