WhatsApp will delete your account if you don’t accept its new terms of service

WhatsApp, an American freeware, cross-platform messaging service owned by Facebook, Inc has said it will effective February 2021 delete the account of users who refuse to agree to its terms of service and privacy policy.

“Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA,” opens WhatsApp’s privacy policy. “Since we started WhatsApp, we’ve aspired to build our Services with a set of strong privacy principles in mind.”

“But come February 8, 2021, this opening statement will no longer find a place in the policy”, the developers said in a notification.

According to the Facebook-owned messaging service, users failing to agree to the revised terms by the February 8 deadline will have their accounts removed.