WhatsApp clarifies some of its modern peculiarities
The global application "WhatsApp" explained a new advertisement explaining how to read the new policy and learn to deal with commercial and personal messages, which have different privacy standards.
The company said that the new privacy policy mainly relates to commercial activity correspondence, and user data that these activities can access, as most WhatsApp messages are encrypted by end-to-end encryption, which means that it can only be accessed by the people themselves.
However, WhatsApp also allows users to send messages to commercial activities, while these messages do not provide the same protection.
The data in business messages can also be used for commercial purposes, such as targeting ads through Facebook, and some of it is also stored on Facebook servers.
The WhatsApp privacy policy was trying to clarify these changes, but many users interpreted it as giving up the known privacy.
Ahead of the May 15 launch, WhatsApp plans to provide users with the ability to review this new privacy policy within the app.
The company also tried to reassure users through the status feature in WhatsApp, but WhatsApp now includes a banner that you can click to see an explanation of the new policy.
It warned users to read and accept the new policy to continue using the application as well.
In a related context, the platform indicated that commercial activities pay for the right to use WhatsApp to reach customers, and this is one of the ways that the company can provide its platform for free.
It is reported that the new policy had sparked global outcry and users moved to competing apps, prompting WhatsApp to delay its launch until May and clarify that it focuses on commercial activities and will not affect personal conversations.
The WhatsApp announcement comes as Facebook has banned all news content in Australia, and the move prompted a senior British lawmaker to classify the move as an attempt to bully democracy.
The company began sharing some personal information, such as phone numbers and account pictures, with Facebook in 2016 to improve friend recommendations and ads through the app.