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What's your problem? Delete WhatsApp if you feel it will imperil data: HC

Delhi High Court says other apps also share data, defers hearing in petition challenging WhatsApp privacy policy to Jan 25

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The primary contention of the petitioner is that the new policy ‘virtually gives a 360-degree profile into a person’s online activity

Peerzada Abrar Bengaluru
The Delhi High Court on Monday said that if users feel WhatsApp will comprise their data, they can delete the app. The Court was hearing the petition challenging the updated privacy policy of the Facebook-owned messaging giant. The Court said it did not understand the grievance raised with respect to the messaging platform's new privacy policy. 

"It is a private app. Don't join it. What is your grievance?... I can't understand your concern. If you feel WhatsApp will compromise data, delete WhatsApp," a single-judge Bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva said, according to law platform Bar & Bench.

The petition, preferred

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