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title: "What's App's New Privacy Policy Needs to be Accepted, Why?"  
description: "WhatsApp ensured that it won’t terminate user's accounts on May 15 if they perform not approval of the modern privacy policy a few days back. Although"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2021-05-12  
updated: 2021-05-12  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/600/what-s-app-s-new-privacy-policy-needs-to-be-accepted-why  
category: "whatsapp"  
tags: ["whatsapp", "technology", "news", "policy"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# What's App's New Privacy Policy Needs to be Accepted, Why?

WhatsApp ensured that it won’t terminate user's accounts on May 15 if they perform not [approval of the modern privacy policy](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/325382/whatsapp-s-new-privacy-policy-a-concern-for-users) a few days back. Although it peeks like users will possess to approve the modern privacy policy at a certain point, particularly if they desire to proceed with utilizing the characteristics.

![What](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/9a62b2ee-eb17-4bbc-aa8a-665bed30f7ee/images/4620cc57-cfc9-433f-9384-880cb4b14db7.jpeg)\

“**After providing everyone time to examine, we’re beginning with to recognize those who haven’t maintained the probability to conduct so to analyze and approve,**” [WhatsApp explained](https://www.mindstick.com/news/561/after-a-government-imposed-halt-whatsapp-payments-are-now-available-in-brazil). While the company is providing a few additional moments to WhatsApp accessing people, one will need to approve the recent secrecy policy if they prefer to wield all the characteristics of the application.

Suppose, [If you don](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159346/how-is-the-exception-handled-if-you-don-t-catch-it)’t endorse the modern secrecy policy, you won’t miss full [functionality](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/136/using-watermark-functionality-in-textbox-by-jquery) instantly as the firm will slowly incapacitate all the characteristics. WhatsApp said that it will proceed to deliver the suggestion to approve the [recent policy](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/113834/how-has-the-global-economic-landscape-been-affected-by-recent-policy-changes-in-major-economies), and after numerous weeks, the [organization](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/100623/what-is-the-role-of-the-world-health-organization-in-global-health) will restrict the [advantages](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12841/5-advantages-of-customer-portal-you-didn-t-know-about) for those who don’t approve the update.

![What](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/9a62b2ee-eb17-4bbc-aa8a-665bed30f7ee/images/91e6a150-11c2-490a-a8dc-a7e6bb52a39e.jpeg)\

If you retain notifications facilitated, you can click on it to browse or react to a message. After a limited week of restricted functionality if you yet don’t approve the secrecy policy, then you can miss the permit to prepare or obtain incoming calls.

WhatsApp will moreover quit delivering messages and calls to your handset. So, those who did not have had approved WhatsApp’s recent secrecy policy will have to approve it if they need to utilize this [messaging](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2265/new-eu-law-could-open-up-messaging-and-app-buying) application. The organization is explaining that it won’t discontinue your [WhatsApp account](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32491/what-happens-to-my-old-whatsapp-account-when-i-change-phone) if you don’t approve the up-gradation process, but if you can’t wield any of the characteristics, then there is no sense in retaining an account.

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