WhatsApp has updated its privacy policy and terms of service – a reality that has led to a quantity of memes on social media. The immediate messaging app informed Android and iPhone customers of the alter by way of an app notice on Tuesday. The most notable adjustments in each the updated privacy policy and terms of service are about how WhatsApp shares details with Facebook and its subsidiaries. Aside from adjustments in how the app handles and collects user information, there are new sections like Transactions, Payments Data and Location Information.
“If you are using it for free, then you are the Product”#MarkZuckerberg ????????#Whatsapppic.twitter.com/KXZuOIsNdT
— Vardan (@Vardan_right here) January 6, 2021
Netizens reacted to the news with lengthy discussions on privacy issues as properly as hilarious memes mocking the update.
Me to #WhatsApp right after its new privacy update pic.twitter.com/AOgOQr9uJa
— Corona Warrior (@corona_warrior) January 6, 2021
User’s privacy and information in #WhatsApp
be like : pic.twitter.com/jU3SIqzx3P— Rehaan ???? (@sarcastiqlonda) January 6, 2021
When I opened #WhatsApp today morning
WhatsApp be like.. pic.twitter.com/QEoe3Hlp1B
— anshulpunj (@anshulpunj) January 6, 2021
After Knowing #WhatsApp Updates Its Privacy Policy…
Me Rn – pic.twitter.com/dpaoInz4dg
— Jethalal (@Jethiya_lal) January 6, 2021
#WhatsApp update got me like: pic.twitter.com/GEsaapEm22
— Corona Warrior (@corona_warrior) January 6, 2021
According to WhatsApp, the new terms and privacy policy will take impact from February 8, 2021. WhatsApp’s notification informed customers that they would have to accept the adjustments in order to continue applying the app. It also recommended going to the ‘Help Centre’ if customers wanted to delete their account.
As for what information the app shares with Facebook, WhatsApp notes in its FAQ section that it “currently shares certain categories of information with Facebook Companies. The information we share with the other Facebook Companies. includes your account registration information (such as your phone number), transaction data, service-related information, information on how you interact with others (including businesses) when using our Services, mobile device information, your IP address, and may include other information identified in the Privacy Policy section entitled ‘Information We Collect’ or obtained upon notice to you or based on your consent.”