Amid growing concerns over its privacy policy, popular messaging app WhatsApp on Friday (January 15) announced that it has decided to postpone the planned privacy update. Whatsapp said that the postponement of the privacy update will give users more time to review the policy and accept its terms and conditions. It is to to be noted that Whatsapp is owned by tech giant FAcebook.
According to Whatsapp, the decision to postpone the privacy update has been taken due to “misinformation causing concern” among people.
“We`re now moving back the date on which people will be asked to review and accept the terms. No one will have their account suspended or deleted on February 8. We`re also going to do a lot more to clear up the misinformation around how privacy and security work on WhatsApp. We`ll then go to people gradually to review the policy at their own pace before new business options are available on May 15,” the blog post read.
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