evidence: WhatsApp has come out and cleared the air around its updated privacy policy. The policy, which was originally intended to come into effect starting February 8, 2021, before a three-month delay was announced, applies only to business communication. The changes apply only if you opt to communicate with a business that integrates with WhatsApp. [...] What data won’t be collected by WhatsApp? Contrary to rumors, WhatsApp is not snooping on your private conversations. Your private one-to-one chats and, for that matter, even group chats are all end-to-end encrypted. WhatsApp cannot look into this data, nor is it shared with Facebook. This won’t change when the updated privacy policy comes into effect. WhatsApp does not have access to any of the following data identifiers: