Alapi āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ WhatsApp-āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻž āĻ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ/āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻžāϰā§āĻĨā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϝā§āĻāĻžāϝā§āĻ āĻāϰ⧠â Meta-āϰ āύā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻāϏā§āϝāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĨ¤How Alapi communicates with businesses and their customers/students on WhatsApp â aligned with Meta's policies.
āĻāĻ āύā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϝā§āĻā§āϝ Alapi āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻāϝā§āĻā§āϤ WhatsApp Business āύāĻŽā§āĻŦāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϰāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻ āĻ āĻĄā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ; Alapi āĻļā§āϧ⧠āϏā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻāϰāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽāĨ¤This policy applies to every business using Alapi and its connected WhatsApp Business number. Each business owns its own customer relationship and data; Alapi is only the technical means of sending messages on that business's behalf.
āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž Meta-āϰ WhatsApp Business Messaging Policy, Business Terms āĻāĻŦāĻ Commerce Policy āĻŽā§āύ⧠āĻāϞāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āύā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ Meta-āϰ āύā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āϧ āĻšāϞ⧠Meta-āϰ āύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϧāĻžāύā§āϝ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤We follow Meta's WhatsApp Business Messaging Policy, Business Terms and Commerce Policy. Where this policy conflicts with Meta's, Meta's policy prevails.
āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻā§āĻŦāϞ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰāĻ āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž â (āĻ) āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞ āύāĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āύ, āĻāĻŦāĻ (āĻ) āĻāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤We only message people who have (a) given their own mobile number, and (b) agreed to receive messages from that business.
WhatsApp-āĻāϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϤāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ â āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻŽā§āύ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻŋ:WhatsApp defines two delivery contexts â we use both within the rules:
āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ/āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻžāϰā§āĻĨā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϤāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§, ⧍ā§Ē āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻŦāĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧ â āϝā§āĻŽāύ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻŋāϰāĻž, āĻĢāĻŋ, āϰā§āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻ, āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝā§āϰ āϤāĻĨā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻ āύā§āϰā§āϧā§āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĨ¤When a person messages first, the bot replies naturally within 24 hours â e.g. attendance, fees, results, product info. This answers their own request.
⧍ā§Ē āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϰ⧠(āϝā§āĻŽāύ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϏ/āĻĢāĻŋ/āϰā§āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻ āϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻāύā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ) āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻā§āĻŦāϞ Meta-āĻ āύā§āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāĻĒā§āϞā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻŋ â āϞā§āύāĻĻā§āύ-āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ, āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϝā§āĻā§āϤāĨ¤Outside 24 hours (e.g. class/fee/result reminders) we use only Meta-approved utility templates â transactional, tied to the person's own activity.
āϝā§āĻā§āύ⧠āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧠āĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϤāĻž āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ â WhatsApp-āĻ āĻļā§āϧ⧠"āĻŦāύā§āϧ" āĻŦāĻž "STOP" āϞāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāϞā§āĻ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ āύā§āϰā§āϧ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻŋ: āĻāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋ-āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻŦāĻ WhatsApp/āĻ āύā§āϝ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āϰ āĻ āύā§āϰā§āϧāĻ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤Anyone can stop messages at any time â just reply "āĻŦāύā§āϧ" or "STOP" on WhatsApp. We honour requests promptly: the person is removed from the notification list, and opt-out requests made on or off WhatsApp are respected.
āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĻāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻšāĻāĻžāϰ⧠(āĻŦāĻ) āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϝā§āĻā§āύ⧠āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāϞ⧠â āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ "āĻāĻā§āύā§āĻ" āĻŦāĻž "āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώ" āϞāĻŋāĻāϞ⧠āĻ āύā§āϰā§āϧāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻā§ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻāϞāĻžāĻāύ āύāĻŽā§āĻŦāϰāĻ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏā§āĻĒāώā§āĻ āĻĒāĻĨ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤Replies are often given by an automated assistant (bot). To reach a human at any time, a person can write "āĻāĻā§āύā§āĻ"/"agent" and the request reaches the business, along with the business's hotline number. A clear escalation path to a person is always available.
āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ āϧāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ/āĻ āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϤāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϞāĻŋ, āϝāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāϰ⧠block/report āύāĻž āĻāϰā§āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āύāĻŽā§āĻŦāϰā§āϰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋ-āϰā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻā§āĻŽāĻĒā§āϞā§āĻ Meta-āĻ āύā§āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻļā§āϰā§āĻŖāĻŋāϤ⧠(āĻāĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋ) āϰāĻžāĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ; āĻļā§āϰā§āĻŖāĻŋ-āĻ āĻĒāĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĨ¤To maintain quality we avoid irrelevant or excessive messages, so recipients don't block/report and the number keeps a healthy quality rating. Templates are Meta-approved and kept in the correct (utility) category; categorisation is not abused.
āĻāĻ āύā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠âQuestions about this policy or your data â