The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has told WhatsApp to let people know that users who don’t agree with its new privacy policy, which went into effect in January 2021, won’t have their functionality limited. Continue reading “Privacy Policy case: SC asks WhatsApp to publicise undertaking given to govt in 2021”
After facing multiple hurdles when trying to rollout their new privacy policy, WhatsApp has now told the Delhi High Court that they will hold back on rolling out the update until the new Personal Data Protection Bill comes into force.
After the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) sent a letter to WhatsApp asking them to withdraw their Privacy Policy and TOS update. In response, WhatsApp has stated that the company will not be limiting functionality for users who are yet to accept the update, instead they will continue to show reminders to accept. WhatsApp also clarified that the update does not affect the privacy of their users’ personal messages.
