A little over two years ago, the alarm bells went off for WhatsApp due to an update of its terms with almost the obligation to accept them to continue using this messaging application normally. Eventually WhatsApp has reached an agreement with the European Union which follows the aforementioned controversy in 2021.
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You can reject the new WhatsApp terms
After several meetings with the Consumer protection regulators from the European Commission and the European Union, Meta-owned WhatsApp, will make it easier to reject updates to the terms of service.
what i could seem like a minor detailis important, because it is closely related to some points that could put the privacy of the application in a somewhat complex situation.
If the user agrees to reject the new terms of service, the trademark owned by Meta will explain that the rejection of these terms will limit the use of certain services. Also, it will be possible dismiss notifications on these updates in order to delay their review.
This response, via Engadget, from the European Union comes two years after WhatsApp asked users to use their data, such as login details and transactions with Facebook itself, under a new party. of its privacy guidelines.
privacy is defended
As with these Terms of Service updates, something that didn’t affect users at first, there was a big push from some who interpreted this update as a sign that whatsapp was sharing the messages and calls with Facebook.
In fact, Telegram received a large number of new users due to this problem generated by WhatsApp itself. Meta responded by warning that it was impossible to “read” users’ messages on WhatsApp because they were end-to-end encrypted. Its next step was the introduction of new terms to warn that if not accepted, the service would cease for the user.
It was in January of last year that the European Commission intervened before the unfair practices made by WhatsApp and thus require the chat application to explain how the user’s data is used.
And it is that even WhatsApp has had to respond to this commission to explain its business model and whether or not it benefits from the personal data of users of the messaging platform. However, the Commission’s Consumer Protection Cooperation Network plans to actively monitor the WhatsApp app to review its engagement with future policy updates.
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