Security News > 2021 > May > Facebook Will Limit Your WhatsApp Features For Not Accepting Privacy Policy

"No one will have their accounts deleted or lose functionality of WhatsApp on May 15 because of this update," the Facebook-owned messaging service said in a statement.

The move marked a turnaround from its previous stance earlier this year when the company outlined plans to make the accounts inaccessible completely should users choose not to comply with the data-sharing agreement and opt not to have their WhatsApp account information shared with Facebook.

"If you haven't accepted by [May 15], WhatsApp will not delete your account. However, you won't have full functionality of WhatsApp until you accept," the company had previously said.

"You won't be able to access your chat list, but you can still answer incoming phone and video calls," WhatsApp said.

Accounts rendered inactive in the process - i.e., users not connected to WhatsApp - are expected to be deleted after 120 days, according to its standard policy for removing inactive accounts from its platform for privacy and security reasons.

WhatsApp has since clarified that the update does not expand on its ability to share personal user chats or other profile information with Facebook and is instead simply providing further transparency about how user data is collected and shared when using the messaging app to interact with businesses.

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