After urging users to accept its new policy of sharing data with Facebook, many people turned their backs on the popular messaging platform and looked for alternatives. As a result, Signal has risen to the top of the Play Store rankings, promising to respect the privacy of its users. Even though WhatsApp tried to reassure the crowds by claiming that chats and calls would remain encrypted, it decided to give people more time before forcing them to agree to its new terms.

In a new blog post, WhatsApp acknowledges that it has created a mess with its new policy and tries to reinforce the fact that conversations would remain encrypted and that neither WhatsApp nor Facebook would be able to access messages, call logs, messages. shared locations and contacts. .

However, since the damage is already done, he wants to give users more time to understand his new policy, which only applies to discussions with companies. This is because the update allows them to integrate their WhatsApp experience with Facebook, which would mean that some data would be shared with the social platform if the business you are chatting with uses Facebook’s hosting service or if you decide to make payments through WhatsApp. Likewise, the new policy allows a business to put a WhatsApp button on their Facebook page, which allows you to quickly message them using WhatsApp.

Given how difficult it is for WhatsApp to regain people’s trust, the company decided to give users more time to “understand” its new terms. He therefore extended the deadline beyond February 8, allowing the company to communicate more about its new policy and clarify its terms. With that in mind, the ultimatum has been pushed back to May 15, which Facebook hopes will have enough time to make sure people are comfortable that their WhatsApp data will remain encrypted and not shared with Facebook. , at least. in most of the cases.