WhatsApp has changed his conditions and privacy policy and then we will show you how to accept your new conditions if you ignored them at the time. And the popular messaging app instant for mobile aims to improve and optimize the advertising system with Facebook through new conditions of use for the user. But how can you accept these new conditions? If the message has already appeared in WhatsApp but you ignored it, below we show you all the steps so you can accept the conditions without any setback.
WhatsApp: how to accept the new conditions?
Since spring 2021, when accessing the WhatsApp app a notification pops up in which you can read that the application is updating its conditions. By clicking on Continue Another notification appears explaining the use of the application and how companies can use its chats. After reviewing (or not, that depends on each user) the information offered by these notifications, it will only be necessary to click on Accept and you can continue using WhatsApp as always.
Of course, if a user does not accept the conditions described above and declines them, You will not be able to continue using all WhatsApp functions, such as not being able to access your chat list, although you will be able to respond to calls and video calls. Things get complicated if after a few weeks the user has not accepted the new conditions, since the app You will not be able to receive calls or notifications, and WhatsApp will stop sending messages and calls to said user's terminal. Ultimately, the user will remain without WhatsApp service.
Accept the new WhatsApp conditions
Accepting the new WhatsApp conditions does not imply no change in the app and its operation, it is simply an update of the conditions of users to share messages with companies associated with WhatsApp, in order to provide greater transparency in the form of data collection and use.
Although accepting the conditions is mandatory as long as we want to continue using WhatsApp, it will not have any effect in Europe, since the General Data Protection Regulation so he prohibits it. On the other hand, in the rest of the world it will allow Facebook (the company that owns WhatsApp) to share user data with companies that interact with the WhatsApp app.
How to accept the WhatsApp conditions
If you no longer want to see the notice of the new WhatsApp conditions, when it appears again when accessing the app, simply click on Following on the first screen that appears, and then Accept in the second. This will prevent the message from appearing again.
