This is the second time the government has asked the Facebook-owned firm to withdraw its new privacy policy. And that makes the matter a tad crucial to all WhatsApp users in the country
The company had earlier set a deadline of February 8 for these changes but deferred it to May 15 after a backlash with wide fears over data being shared with Facebook
The US tech giant has faced global criticism over the new terms that WhatsApp users are required to accept by May 15.
WhatsApp has said that its users will not immediately lose their accounts or face curtailed functionalities on the platform on May 15, but they will have to eventually go through limited functions
Delhi High Court sought response of CCI on the appeals of Facebook and WhatsApp against a single judge order dismissing their pleas against a probe ordered into messaging app's new privacy policy
The feature is still under development and there is no release date available as of now, said the WABetaInfo in a post published on Twitter
The instant messaging platform has been offfering clarificaions on how it collects and shares data and that its new privacy policy only concerns accounts that communicate to business accounts
WhatsApp has clarified that the update only impacts the way users interact with WhatsApp business accounts.
Centre, WhatsApp get notice over privacy standards
WhatsApp has now expanded its 'commitment to your privacy' message to the users in the US and UK as well.
The Centre on Monday told the Delhi High Court that WhatsApp was treating Indian users differently from its European ones with regard to opting out of its new privacy policy
According to Sensor Tower's data, BiP ousted WhatsApp from the number three spot amongst communication app downloads on January 15
The delay is a setback for WhatsApp's plan to generate revenue by facilitating commercial exchanges on the messaging app, which Facebook acquired for $19 billion in 2014 but has been slow to monetize
Elated at Indians rushing to join Signal, Brian Acton, who co-founded WhatsApp with Jan Koum before selling it to Facebook, aims to add 100-200 million users in India
WhatsApp on Tuesday said its latest policy update does not affect the privacy of messages as the Facebook-owned company sought to address concerns around security of user data on the platform
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WhatsApp on Monday said that they have asked Google not to index such chats and advised users not to share group chat links on publicly accessible websites
Traders' body CAIT wrote to Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad demanding that the government restrict WhatsApp from implementing its new privacy policy or impose a ban on it
What was once thunderously described as 'surveillance capitalism' is now a pandemic necessity
Facebook-owned Whatsapp had said that Indian journalists and human rights activists were among those globally spied upon by unnamed entities using Pegasus spyware