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Here’s what will happen if you don’t agree to WhatsApp’s privacy changes

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If you don't agree to WhatsApp's new privacy policy update, you will be able to receive calls and notificati­ons, but will not be able to read or send messages from the app, says a report. In an email to one of its merchant partners, reviewed by TechCrunch, Facebook-owned WhatsApp said it will "slowly ask" such users to comply with the new terms "in order to have full functional­ity of WhatsApp" starting May 15.

If the users still don't accept the terms, for a few weeks, these users will not be able to read or send messages from the app. In the note, WhatsApp linked to a newly created FAQ page that says its policy related to inactive users will apply after May 15, TechCrunch reported.

WhatsApp's policy for inactive users states that accounts are “generally deleted after 120 days of inactivity."

Last week, WhatsApp reiterated that personal messages will always be end-toend encrypted and the company can't read or listen to them.

In a new blog post, WhatsApp said that in the coming weeks, it will display a banner in its main platform providing more informatio­n that people can read at their own pace.

Recently, the Supreme Court said that people have grave apprehensi­ons on loss of privacy, making it clear that it is the court's duty to protect this right as it heard a plea against WhatsApp's new privacy policy which has now been deferred till May 15. The top court issued notice to WhatsApp and Facebook on this plea against its new privacy policy.

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