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WhatsApp delays enforcement of a controversial privacy change, Apple may get rid of the Touch Bar in future MacBooks and Bumble files to go public. This is your Daily Crunch for January 15, 2021. | | | |
Earlier this month, WhatsApp sent users a notification asking them to consent to sharing some of their personal data — such as phone number and location — with Facebook (which owns WhatsApp). The alert also said users would have to agree to the terms by February 8 if they wanted to continue using the app. This change prompted legal threats and an investigation from the Turkish government. Now the company is pushing the enforcement date back three months. “No one will have their account suspended or deleted on February 8. We're also going to do a lot more to clear up the misinformation around how privacy and security works on WhatsApp,” the company said in a post. “We'll then go to people gradually to review the policy at their own pace before new business options are available on May 15." Read more | | Image Credits: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images | | |
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