The new terms and conditions of WhatsApp

The new terms and conditions of WhatsApp

WhatsApp sent a massive message announcing the new terms and conditions. Did you accept?

It became a trend that WhatsApp launched its new terms and conditions, they have already changed and at the end of the content it asks you to accept it. Many users did not read the conditions and still gave him to accept.

What is it about?: According to the message of the specifications that WhatsApp sent, the terms and conditions come into force on February 8, 2021 and you must accept them in order to continue with the services of the messaging platform.

This is what the terms say: The message tells you that WhatsApp shares information with Facebook and other services of the conglomerate of Mark Zuckerberg. It was launched just when the App Store placed labels that betrayed WhatsApp detailing that the service collects mobile contacts, commercial data when Facebook is used and even the IP that can be used for geolocation.

The new terms and conditions of WhatsApp. Photo: Pexels
The new terms and conditions of WhatsApp. Photo: Pexels

"We allow you to use our Services in connection with third-party services and Facebook company products. If you use our Services in conjunction with such third-party services or Facebook company products, they may provide us with information about you, for example ,

if you use the WhatsApp share button in a news service to share an article with your WhatsApp contacts, groups or broadcast lists on our Services, or if you decide to access our Services through a promotion carried out by the mobile phone operator or the provider of the device".

"We use the information we have to operate and provide our Services, including providing you with technical support, completing purchases or transactions, improving, correcting and personalizing our Services, and connecting them with the Facebook company products you use.

We also use the information we have to understand how our Services are used, evaluate and improve them, conduct research, develop and test new services and features, and perform problem-solving activities."