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User privacy highest priority: WhatsApp response to govt affidavit in Court

Messaging platform says govt is trying to stop privacy policy update, which is a private contract between WhatsApp and its users, without any legitimate factual or legal bases

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Neha Alawadhi New Delhi
WhatsApp on Thursday said that the privacy of users remains its highest priority, and its recent update was not going to compromise the privacy of people's personal chats.

The messaging service's statement came after the Centre filed an affidavit in the Delhi High Court on Thursday,  saying users were being "forced" to accept the company's privacy policy update before the  Personal Data Protection Bill becomes the law.

"We reiterate that we have already responded to the Government of India and assured them that the privacy of users remains our highest priority. As a reminder, the recent update does not change

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