Those who refuse consent will face limited functionality: You'll still be able to answer incoming phone and video calls and read or respond to notifications, but can't access your chat list. 'After a period of several weeks, the reminder people receive will eventually become persistent.' After giving everyone time to review, we're continuing to remind those who haven't had the chance to do so to review and accept,' the site said. 'For the last several weeks we've displayed a notification in WhatsApp providing more information about the update. 'No one will have their accounts deleted or lose functionality of WhatsApp on May 15 because of this update,' according to (Opens in a new window) the firm's FAQ page. WhatsApp later delayed the rollout to May 15, giving people less than three months to accept the terms or find a new platform. Poor communication regarding exactly what the update entails prompted backlash about how much personal data is shared with parent company Facebook. 8 to agree to planned changes-which deal primarily with businesses using WhatsApp to send and store consumer texts. The messaging service in January warned folks they had until Feb.

(Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)įive days before its self-imposed deadline, WhatsApp revealed it will not purge accounts that don't accept its new privacy policy.

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