Starting off right from the very day that WhatsApp announced its changes in privacy policy as well as its terms of services, it has been on the receiving end of a major backlash. Users all across social media have been expressing their disapproval and discontent as some are also actively recommending alternatives. As a result of such consequences, both Signal as well as Telegram have witnessed millions and millions downloads recently. And so to end this, WhatsApp has now taken upon itself to postpone the cut-off date and has also given an explanation.

WhatsApp recently tweeted that it is working constantly so as to counter the confusion which has been caused in the more recent times. Via the aid of a blog post, it announced an extension of the cut-off date to that of May 15, 2021. Also, WhatsApp has claimed that it won’t actually delete anyone’s account on the 8th of February – the date which was given out previously as the last date for users to accept the new update changes.

Speaking of which, if you aren’t exactly aware, WhatsApp recently went on to update its privacy policy as well as its terms of services. Accordingly, it added new sections with regards to both business chats as well as sharing of data with other Facebook companies.

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People though started to interpret these latest revelations by claiming that WhatsApp gets access to private messages as well as locations. To this, WhatsApp replied by saying that these are protected by end-to-end encryption and that neither Facebook nor WhatsApp can actually access these.

With that said though, the giant still stands out by the update changes with respect to businesses, payments and also concurrently Facebook’s help. In a precise manner, some businesses that use Facebook’s hosting services might also run on WhatsApp. WhatsApp will proceed on to label these separately so as make sure that users have the choice as to whether to chat with them or not.

Moreover, it also mentioned clauses about discovering businesses from Facebook/Instagram Ads and also using their shopping experiences on WhatsApp. Put in a rather simple manner : the update goes on to exclude sharing personal information such as messages, contacts as well as location to Facebook.

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