WhatsApp delays enforcing new privacy terms


The platform had claimed the update was chiefly aimed at merchants who use WhatsApp to chat with customers – allowing them to share data with Facebook. — AFP Relaxnews

Facebook-owned messaging colossus WhatsApp on May 7 retreated again from its plan to force users to accept new terms which critics said could expand data collection from its two billion users around the world.

WhatsApp, which was set to enforce its new data-sharing policy on May 15 – following a delay in response to a user outcry – revealed on its website that it would not immediately cut off users who don’t accept the new terms, although it would send reminders to those who don’t opt in.

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