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- WhatsApp backtracks on its threat — won’t deactivate accounts for not accepting new policy
Posted by : Brij Bhushan
Friday, 7 May 2021

WhatsApp said today that it won’t delete or deactivate your account if you don’t accept its privacy policy that’s rolling out on May 15. The Facebook-owned chat app had originally introduced the updated privacy policy in January through a pop-up to users. However, after a major user backlash, it decided the rollout to February 8 and eventually to May 15. The company had said at that time that if a user won’t accept the new privacy policy by then, their accounts would be deactivated temporarily. In order to activate the account, they had to accept the policy. Despite many reassurances, users moved…
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