What Will Happen To Those Who Do Not Accept The WhatsApp Policy?

What will happen to those who do not accept the WhatsApp policy? Will the users account be deleted? Has WhatsApp made a statement on the subject? We will find the answers to these questions in the news of Necdet Çalışkan from Habertürk.

When there was harsh reactions before February 8, 2021, which was previously said as the deadline, WhatsApp announced that it was delaying this date to May 15, 2021. In addition, during this period, the Competition Board and the Personal Data Protection Board in Turkey started an investigation directly against Facebook and WhatsApp. In the new privacy policy of WhatsApp, "WhatsApp, which is a part of Facebook Companies, receives information from other Facebook Companies and shares information with these companies." The statement caused controversy, and it has made users to escape to alternative applications such as mainly Telegram, Signal and BiP since January.

How will the process work in 7 steps?

In the news shared by Habertürk, it was stated that the announcements made by WhatsApp, which has 2 billion active monthly users, are as follows: 1- First of all, no one's account will be deleted or immediately lose WhatsApp's functionality on May 15th due to this update. 2- These users will receive a notification stating that they must accept the agreement, and this notification will become permanent after a few weeks. 3- When the reminder notification becomes permanent, users will encounter a limited functionality in WhatsApp until they accept the update. This will not happen for all users at the same time as the process will be implemented gradually. 4- Users whose reminder notification has become permanent will no longer be able to access the chat lists on WhatsApp. However, they will still be able to answer the voice or video calls they receive. 5- If the user has enabled notifications, they will be able to tap them to read or reply to a message or call back a missed audio or video call. 6- After this few weeks, which WhatsApp calls "limited functionality", it will no longer be able to receive audio / video calls or notifications, and WhatsApp will stop sending messages and calls to the user's phone. 7- Users will be able to transfer their chat history to Android or iPhone and download a report of their account. As a result, if you do not accept the update, your WhatsApp account will not be deleted, but since the application will no longer be available, it will make no sense to have it deleted. However, WhatsApp accounts that do not show any activity for 120 days are usually deleted.