Whats App’s updated privacy policy, which was made known on january 4, essentially takes away the choice users had until now to not share their data with other Facebook-owned and third-party apps. If users do not agree with the updated privacy policy of the messaging platform, they will have to quit whatsapp by february 8 - when the new terms of service are set to come into effect.

The governments of different countries are very serious and not accepting the new privacy policy. German regulators have ordered facebook to pause harvesting user date from Whats App. The company’s ultimatum to accept the new terms or leave Whats Apps has triggered a sharp response from india, europe and Brazil. Let us wait and see what will happen regarding this new privacy policy.