The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to stay the probe ordered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) into WhatsApp's privacy policy introduced last year.
WhatsApp has been again alleged to trick people into accepting its new privacy policy that went into effect on May 15, 2021. The messaging platform, however, has confirmed that it won't limit any features for users who do not accept the new policy, but a new affidavit claims that the company is using tricks to get consent from users in India.
WhatsApp Trying To Force Users To Accept New Privacy Policy: Centre To High Court WhatsApp Trying To Force Users To Accept New Privacy Policy: Centre To High Court WhatsApp Privacy Policy: Terming WhatsApp s bombarding of notifications on its customers as an anti-user practice for obtaining trick consent , Centre urged the court to direct WhatsApp to desist from pushing notifications onto existing users with regard to the controversial new privacy policy.
Centre said WhatsApp is trying to force its users to consent to the new privacy policy
New Delhi:
The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that social messaging platform WhatsApp was trying to force its users to consent to the new privacy policy before the Personal Data Protection Bill becomes the law by bombarding them with notifications daily to obtain their consent.