“We collect information about your activity on our Services, like service-related, diagnostic, and performance information.

The Facebook-owned messaging service also expanded on how much of the data is collected automatically by the app. Permissions can be managed through your Settings menu on both Android and iOS devices,” Whatsapp wrote. For example, you cannot share your location with your contacts if you do not permit us to collect your location data from your device. If you choose not to provide the information needed to use a feature, you will be unable to use the feature. You will be notified of such a collection, as appropriate. “Our Services have optional features which, if used by you, require us to collect additional information to provide such features. Meanwhile, Whatsapp has updated its website with a detailed overview of what the changes in the policy of the app meant for the users. Detailed overview of privacy policy changes made by Whatsapp It elaborated users on how Whatsapp handles the data, how it would partner with Facebook to facilitate integration across Facebook Company Products and how businesses can use Facebook hosted services to store and manage. In its notification, the Facebook-owned messaging app conveyed that as a part of the policy update, it will share user data with other Facebook companies. In other words, updated policy no longer indicates that users would be able to choose whether they want their data to be shared with Facebook or not.

If the users do not accept the new terms of service, they will lose access to the app.

To continue using the app, WhatsApp users will have to accept the terms and conditions. An in-app notification popped up as soon as the app was opened and it informed users on the changes made in the new privacy policy.Īccording to the popular messaging app, the company’s new terms of service and privacy policy will come into effect on 8 February 2021.

Earlier this week, Whatsapp forced its users to agree to the new privacy rules or else lose access to the app.

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