New York, USA.
The application for b WhatsApp messages This Friday I decided to delay updating its privacy policy, Scheduled for February 8thTo clarify “confusion” with respect to Data usage with Facebook, The parent company, and its new options that focus on selling products.
Update Privacy policy Raised many doubts and misinformation about whether access means by The social networking site Facebook To personal data, contacts or about conversations that are taking place The WhatsAppThe most used messaging app in the world.
It also raised doubts about whether through lack of acceptance New Terms of Use, The user will lose his account and the application will disappear from his phone.
“We will postpone the date when people will be asked to review and accept the Terms. No one’s account will be suspended or deleted on February 8th. We’ll also do more to clear up misinformation about how privacy and security work The WhatsAppThe company said in a statement.
The social networking site Facebook And its popular messaging subsidiary has tried several times to deny that with the new regulations they will have access to messages or call content, as well as contact lists or groups or Joint geographic location.
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In this Friday’s statement, The WhatsApp He emphasized that “this update does not extend its” ability to “Share data with Facebook“It promised to explain the new employment policy in a hurry” before work options became available on May 15. “
Several outlets reported that the new privacy terms will include more open language, prompting speculation about this The social networking site Facebook It will access data The WhatsAppWhile the company insisted that everything responds to a greater role and functions of communicating with companies and making purchases.
“Although people don’t use it The WhatsApp To buy from companies today, we believe that more people will choose to do so in the future and it is important that the world is aware of these services. “
The messaging app, which has about two billion users, is afraid of a mass migration to Telegram and Signal, Which has positioned itself as the most enthusiastic when it comes to avoiding the collection and use of metadata from its users, despite the fact that The WhatsApp It also encrypts conversations.
Many groups used confusion about The WhatsApp To post misleading information about private data use by The social networking site Facebook, Which has also been widely criticized in the United States by groups of all kinds, first for not controlling the language of white supremacist groups, and later for blocking access to it.