Isikhathi esingangesonto nangemuva kokubuyekezwa kokugcina kweWhatsApp, bonke abasebenzisi baphoqwa yamukela imigomo ukuze ikwazi ukuqhubeka nokusebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza lokuthumela imiyalezo olufakwe kumadivayisi angaphezu kwezigidi eziyinkulungwane. Le migomo emisha isicela imvume yokwabelana ngolwazi lwe-akhawunti yethu ne-Facebook ukuze "sithuthukise ulwazi lwethu lomsebenzisi." Uma ufuna ngempela ukuthuthukisa ulwazi lomsebenzisi, qala ukwengeza yonke imisebenzi etholakala kuTelegram ngokwesibonelo nokuthi kuze kube namuhla ayikafiki ku-WhatsApp.
Uhulumeni waseJalimane waba yizwe lokuqala ukukhala kakhulu futhi iphoqe inkampani ukuthi iyeke ukuqoqa idatha kubasebenzisi be-WhatsApp futhi isule yonke imininingwane ukuthi wayekutholile kuze kube manje. Kepha akuwona kuphela amazwe asebenze ukuze ahlole ukuthi kwenzekani ngedatha yethu. ISpain ne-United Kingdom nabo bazimisele ngokuphenya zombili izinkampani, eziyingxenye yeqembu elilodwa.
ISpanish Agency for Data Protection ifuna ukwazi kahle ukuthi, njengezinkampani ezahlukahlukene yize zifakwe eqenjini elilodwa, imininingwane idluliswa isuswa kwenye inkampani iye kwenye futhi uhlole ukuthi umthetho waseSpain uyalandelwa yini kulokhu. Okwamanje, uma sifuna ukuqhubeka nokusebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza, kuzofanele samukele imigomo emisha, yebo noma yebo, ngoba uma kungenjalo isicelo ngeke sisivumele ukuthi senze noma yisiphi isenzo.
Baningi abasebenzisi abathi seziqala ukusebenzisa ezinye izinhlelo zokusebenza zokuthumela imiyalezo ekugcineni ukuyeka ukusebenzisa iWhatsApp, njengoba uMark Zuckerberg engakakufezi lokho akuthembisa ngesikhathi ememezela ukuthengwa kwesigcawu sokuthumela imiyalezo lapho athi idatha yomsebenzisi ngeke isetshenziselwe ukuthengisa noma ukukhangisa.