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Committed to privacy WhatsApp announces updated policy ANI | Updated: Feb 19, 2021 18:04 IST
Washington [US], February 19 (ANI): Reiterating its commitment to the privacy of users, WhatsApp announced an update in its terms of services and privacy policy related to businesses and customers on the instant messaging platform. Our commitment to your privacy isn t changing. Your personal conversations are still protected by end-to-end encryption, which means no one outside of your chats, not even WhatsApp or Facebook, can read or listen to them, said WhatsApp in a statement.
The new features of the platform include customers who can message businesses to ask questions, make purchases, and get information and simplification of the layout of the Privacy Policy, making it easier for users to navigate.
The Supreme Court bench told counsels appearing for Facebook and WhatsApp, "You (WhatsApp and Facebook) maybe two or three trillion companies but people value their privacy more than money. It is our duty to protect their privacy."
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The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Facebook and WhatsApp and sought their response on a plea challenging WhatsApp s latest privacy policy which was introduced in January this year in India. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde observed that people s privacy must be protected in view of the allegation that users data was being shared with other companies. There is a concern that circuit of messages is revealed by WhatsApp, the apex court observed.
The Bench further said that citizens have great apprehension about loss of their privacy and they think that their data and chats being shared with others and it has to be looked into.
You may be worth 2-3 trillion but privacy is more valuable to people: SC tells Facebook, WhatsApp - "You maybe two or three trillion companies but people value their privacy more than money. It is our duty to protect their privacy," said the court.