New Delhi: WhatsApp has scrapped its May 15 deadline for users to accept the controversial privacy policy update, saying accepting the terms will not lead to account deletion.
WhatsApp has suffered severe setbacks due to users’ concerns that data is being shared with parent company Facebook.
A WhatsApp spokesman told PTI that no accounts will be deleted on May 15 because they did not accept the policy update.
‘No accounts will be deleted on May 15, and no one in India will lose the features of WhatsApp either. We will follow up with reminders in the next few weeks, “the spokesperson said in an e-mail to a query on Friday.
The spokesman added that although a “majority of users who received the new terms of service accepted it”, some people have not yet had the chance to do so.
However, the company did not disclose the reason for the decision and did not disclose the number of users who have accepted the terms so far.
Source: Telangana Today