Site icon News Bit

Threads: Don’t ‘delete’ Threads profile if you love your Instagram account – Times of India

Threads is getting millions of signups as Instagram users are ‘flocking’ towards Meta’s Twitter rival. According to the company, 10 million people signed up in just seven hours after its debut. Users can log into the service with their Instagram account and you can quickly follow all those whom you follow on the photo and video-sharing platform. Seems easy, right? But here’s a catch.
In future (or immediately) if you decide to delete your Threads account, you will be required to delete the linked Instagram account.Meta explained in a ‘Supplemental Privacy Policy’ that users may deactivate their Threads profile at any time. However, since “Your Threads profile is part of your Instagram account, and may be deleted at any time by deleting your Instagram account.
However, you can deactivate your account which is temporary. Meta explains that users’ profile threads, replies and likes will be hidden until users reactivate the account by logging back in.”Deactivating your Threads profile won’t delete your Threads data or affect your Instagram account,” the company explains on the screen that allows you to deactivate your account.
What data does Threads collect
Instagram collects information that users provide to the company when they use or interact with Threads. This includes Threads profile information, Threads activity, Threads followers and other connections, information from third-party services and users, app, browser and device information.
Meta says that it uses information collected for the purposes to provide, personalise and improve Threads and other Meta Products, among others. There is no clarity whether Instagram will still be able to access and use Threads data even after the account on the Twitter rival is deactivated.

But it does mention that users have a “variety of tools to view, manage, download and delete your Threads information”. “You may also have other privacy rights under applicable laws,” it added.
How to deactivate your Threads profile

  1. Tap in the bottom right to go to your profile.
  2. Tap in the top right.
  3. Tap Account, then tap Deactivate profile.
  4. Tap Deactivate Threads profile, then confirm your choice.

You can only deactivate your profile once a week.

function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) { if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) { return; } var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign'); if (id) { return; } (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { t = b.createElement(e); t.async = !0; t.defer = !0; t.src = v; t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign'; s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s); })(f, b, e, 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s); };

window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {}; var TimesApps = window.TimesApps; TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) { var isConfigAvailable = "toiplus_site_settings" in f && "isFBCampaignActive" in f.toiplus_site_settings && "isGoogleCampaignActive" in f.toiplus_site_settings; var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime; if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) { loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive); loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive); } else { var JarvisUrl="https://jarvis.indiatimes.com/v1/feeds/toi_plus/site_settings/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published"; window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){ if (config) { loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive); loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive); } }) } }; })( window, document, 'script', );

For all the latest Technology News Click Here 

 For the latest news and updates, follow us on Google News

Read original article here

Denial of responsibility! NewsBit.us is an automatic aggregator around the global media. All the content are available free on Internet. We have just arranged it in one platform for educational purpose only. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials on our website, please contact us by email – abuse@newsbit.us. The content will be deleted within 24 hours.
Exit mobile version