As per the latest report by TechCrunch, the instant messaging app owned by Facebook says they will now have access to some key features of the app it will “slowly ask” such users to comply with the new terms “in order to have full functionality of WhatsApp” starting May 15.
When the user still doesn’t accept their terms WhatsApp will not delete your account. However, you won’t have the full functionality of WhatsApp until you accept. For a short time, you’ll be able to receive calls and notifications, but won’t be able to read or send messages from the app
“To maintain security, limit data retention, and protect the privacy of our users, WhatsApp accounts are generally deleted after 120 days of inactivity. Content stored locally on a user’s device prior to account deletion will remain until WhatsApp is deleted from the device. When a user reregisters for WhatsApp on the same device, their locally stored content will reappear.” WhatsApp wrote in an email to its merchant partners.
In its latest blog, WhatsApp said it will again start reminding users to review and accept its new privacy policy in order to continue using the app. The new banner will be displayed to the user’s app in the coming weeks which will now include more information and transparency around the new terms and conditions. The company said, “we’re sharing updated plans for how we’ll ask WhatsApp users to review our terms of service and privacy policy. We previously encountered a great deal of misinformation about this update and we continue to work hard to clear up any confusion.”
Furthermore, “In the coming weeks, we’ll display a banner in WhatsApp providing more information that people can read at their own pace. We’ve also included more information to try and address concerns we’re hearing. Eventually, we’ll start reminding people to review and accept these updates to keep using WhatsApp.”
However, the company still emphasizes that the personal messages will always be end-to-end encrypted by default and limited data might be captured by WhatsApp during business conversations but will be used only for development purposes.
The company also said, “We’ve seen some of our competitors try to get away with claiming they can’t see people’s messages — if an app doesn’t offer end-to-end encryption by default that means they can read your messages.”
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