WhatsApp Accounts To Be Deleted After May 15? This Is What Company Has To Say | Read Here
May 8, 2021
WhatsApp has scrapped the deadline for users to accept its privacy policy update and said not accepting the terms will not lead to deletion of accounts. The deadline for accepting the update was May 15.
The Facebook-owned messaging app had faced severe backlash for the controversial privacy update.
In January this year, WhatsApp had informed users about the changes in its terms of service and public policy through an in-app notification. Users were initially given time till February 8 to agree to the new terms in order to continue using the platform.
A WhatsApp spokesperson told a leading news agency that no accounts will be deleted on May 15 for not accepting the policy update.
“No accounts will be deleted on May 15 because of this update and no one in India will lose functionality of WhatsApp either. We will follow up with reminders to people over the next several weeks,” the spokesperson said in an emailed response to a query on Friday.
