Centre urges HC to restrain WhatsApp from implementing new privacy policy

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Centre urges HC to restrain WhatsApp from implementing new privacy policy

Friday, 19 March 2021 | PTI | New Delhi

Centre urges HC to restrain WhatsApp from implementing new privacy policy

The Centre Friday urged the Delhi High Court to restrain Facebook-owned WhatsApp from implementing its new privacy policy and terms of service.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology made the statement in its affidavit filed in response to a petition challenging the new privacy policy of social networking platform WhatsApp.

The petitioners, Seema Singh and Meghan Singh, have contended that the new privacy policy indicates the "fissures" in Indian data protection and privacy laws.

Under the new policy, users can either accept it or exit the app, but they cannot opt not to share their data with other Facebook-owned or third party apps.

 

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