WhatsApp has announced that its earlier decision to limit functions of the messaging app for those who don’t accept its controversial privacy policy has been overturned.
The info was revealed to The Verge and was confirmed by Android Central that it is not limited to users in India. The former quotes a statement by a company spokesman that said “given recent discussions with various authorities and privacy experts, we want to make clear that we will not limit the functionality of how WhatsApp works for those who have not yet accepted the update.”
However, WhatsApp says it will keep reminding users periodically although there are “no plans for these reminders to become persistent.”. It also revealed that the majority of users have accepted.
The Facebook-owned company had announced that its new policy will see more personal data shared with Facebook, though it clarified that it will only be messages sent to business accounts that may be stored on its servers.
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