WhatsApp Clears the Air on its New Privacy Policy Stating it Applies for Biz Accounts Alone

WhatsApp lands in huge controversy as the organization decides to send a notification reportedly seeking the permission to share the user data with Facebook. However, the company has clarified its intension to share the user's data in the updated Terms and Conditions.

The updated WhatsApp Terms and Conditions states, "As part of the Facebook Companies, WhatsApp receives information from and shares information (see here) with, the other Facebook Companies. We may use the information we receive from them, and they may use the information we share with them, to help operate, provide, improve, understand, customize, support, and market our Services and their offerings, including the Facebook Company Products."

WhatsApp shared the detailed official statement to The verge and the reports provide more light into the topic. The new WhatsApp Privacy Policy will go into effect from February 8, 2021, and users (iOS and Android) have also started getting notifications. But, if you do not choose to agree with WhatsApp Terms and Conditions, you will no longer be able to use their services.

Nonetheless, in the recent official statement, the messenger application said that the data-sharing practices with Facebook have not changed. The organisation mentions that the changes in the policy will come into effect from next month that is February 8, 2021, and the data sharing will happen between Facebook Business and WhatsApp Business accounts. People who use this medium for instant messaging and not for business purposes will remain unaffected.