WhatsApp to delay launch of update business features after privacy backlash


FILE PHOTO Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of Whatsapp logo in this picture illustration taken March 28 2018.  REUTERSDado RuvicIllustration

FILE PHOTO: Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of Whatsapp logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's WhatsApp is delaying an update aimed at increasing business transactions on the platform after a storm of concern from users who feared that the messaging platform was watering down its privacy policy in the process.

WhatsApp users received a notification this month that it was preparing a new privacy policy and terms, and it reserved the right to share some user data with the Facebook app.

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