WhatsApp’s new attempt to get users to accept its conditions after the failed attempt last May. If we do not want to accept them, we will have no choice but to opt for one of the alternatives to WhatsApp.
Deadline until November 6
“WhatsApp is updating the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy to reflect the new functions and comply with the new legislation of Data Protection of the European Union. This exchange allows us to provide and improve the application, as well as to protect WhatsApp and the other companies the information we share with them ”, WhatsApp explained in an official statement on the matter.
The new policies of the messaging service will be accepted until November 6. After the policies that were added in early 2021 that were criticized by many users on social networks, there were those who decided to opt massively for options such as Telegram. When users open the mobile application, we will find the following message: “You can accept our conditions before November 6, 2021 to continue using WhatsApp.” In order to continue using the application we will have to click on the button accept conditions.
New measures
First of all, WhatsApp will start to restrict the accounts of minors. This means that if the user is under 16 years of age, they will not be able to use the application unless their father or mother authorizes it. If there is no authorization from the parents, the WhatsApp account will be closed thus losing all conversations. With this measure, the objective of Facebook is to protect minors who usually do not have Internet access control on their devices. If this happens, a good alternative would be to try all the ways to restore WhatsApp history to recover chats, as long as an adult supervises it.
On the other hand, WhatsApp will send a message communicating that the information of the users who did not accept the terms and conditions at the time will be used by the Facebook companies with the purpose of segment your advertising. According to the company, “the new privacy allows businesses to host their stores on the application platform (Facebook servers), and to communicate with users to provide information about their products so that these users can open conversations on WhatsApp from ads on Facebook “. In the case of not accepting the new policies and conditions of WhatsApp during the first week of November, the conversations will be limited and you will not be able to send or receive messages normally, as well as restrictions on the rest of the functions.