Bhubaneswar: WhatsApp is renewing its terms of service in 2021 and users need to comply with it or lose access.
Users will have to tap on ‘agree’ for the updated terms and conditions to be rolled out by February 8, 2021.
WABetaInfo shared screenshots showing the new updated policy on how Facebook will host services to store and manage WhatsApp data. If a user doesn’t agree to the changes, he or she can delete their WhatsApp accounts completely.
The new update will have in-app information like updates, announcements, news, but not ads.
Businesses will reportedly be able to store messages on Facebook as well.
“Some businesses will be able to choose WhatsApp’s parent company, Facebook, to securely store messages and respond to customers. While Facebook will not automatically use your messages to inform the ads that you see, businesses will be able to use chats they receive for their marketing purposes, which may include advertising on Facebook,” the leaked FAQ reads.
“WhatsApp Business API user has chosen a third party to manage their endpoint, WhatsApp does not consider these messages end-to-end encrypted. In the future, in 2021, this will also apply to businesses that choose to leverage the cloud-based version of the API hosted by Facebook,” another FAQ reads.
Mumbai: Abhishek Bachchan’s highly-anticipated film ‘I Want To Talk’ released in theatres on Friday, and the…
New Delhi: Accused of giving cash to secure votes ahead of election day in Maharashtra,…
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi attended the ‘Odisha State Day Celebrations’ at the 43rd…
Mumbai: Recently, some morphed pictures of actress Shweta Tiwari and her good friend Vishal Aditya…
Phulbani: Two tribal men were sentenced to life imprisonment by a special court in Odisha's…
New Delhi: It’s been just over two months since Atishi took oath as Delhi’s chief…
Bhubaneswar: In a moment of pride for AIIMS Bhubaneswar, Dr Manita Tamang, a final-year Senior…
Imphal: In view of the surge in violence in troubled Manipur, the Central government will send…