In an official weblog submit, the moment messaging app knowledgeable customers that nobody’s account shall be deleted on February 8. “We’re now shifting again the date on which individuals shall be requested to assessment and settle for the phrases. Nobody may have their account suspended or deleted on February 8.”
Within the weblog submit, WhatsApp additionally stated that it’s going to do much more to tell customers about privateness and safety on WhatsApp. “We’re additionally going to do much more to clear up the misinformation round how privateness and safety works on WhatsApp. We’ll then go to folks regularly to assessment the coverage at their very own tempo earlier than new enterprise choices can be found on Might 15.”
WhatsAp stated that there’s been a whole lot of confusion lately about its replace, which is why it’s delaying the replace course of. “We’ve heard from so many individuals how a lot confusion there’s round our current replace. There’s been a whole lot of misinformation inflicting concern and we need to assist everybody perceive our rules and the information.”
Within the final 10 days or so, WhatsApp rivals like Signal and Telegram have seen an enormous surge in downloads and installs. Each the platform declare to be safer than WhatsApp. WhatsApp has maintained that chats will stay safe and nobody will see them. However the problem has been sharing of sure consumer knowledge with Facebook and maybe third-party apps, which has made consumer a bit squeamish and take a look at different choices like Sign and Telegram.
