My understanding is that, as a user in the UK (and I believe this also applies to users in the EU):
- I must accept the new Terms &Conditions or I will not be able to use the app after 8th February 2021:
- Those new conditions allow WhatsApp to share data gathered by the app with Facebook;
- WhatsApp have stated that, for users in the European Region, there will be no change to their data sharing practices
It remains the case that WhatsApp does not share European Region WhatsApp user data with Facebook for the purpose of Facebook using this data to improve its products or ads.
- That statement does not state that they will not share data with Facebook for other purposes
This understanding is based on reading quite a lot of internet words on the subject and, primarily from the The Register article on the subect. My reactions is that, if the changed terms do not apply to me, then why make me agree to accept them? Even if you believe that they will not change what they do for now, agreeing to those terms means I have agreed to them doing so if they choose to do so in the future. No thanks! 