IT Ministry Directs WhatsApp To Withdraw New Privacy Policy
The IT ministry believes that the changes and the manner they have been introduced undermine the sacrosanct values of informational privacy, data security and user choice and harms the rights and interests of Indian citizens .
A logo of WhatsApp is pictured on a T-shirt worn by a WhatsApp-Reliance Jio representative during a drive by the two companies to educate users, on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, October 9, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri
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New Delhi: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has directed WhatsApp to withdraw its new privacy policy, according to sources.
Accepted the new Terms of Service on WhatsApp? Here is what it means for you
Accepted the new Terms of Service on WhatsApp? Here is what it means for you
If you have accepted WhatsApp’s new terms of service, you cannot undo the changes. However, the new terms of service are only applicable to special business accounts, notes WhastApp, while private chats continue to remain end-to-end encrypted.
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HIGHLIGHTS
WhatsApp’s new terms of service went live on May 15th, 2021, and is applicable to special business accounts.
You will not immediately lose WhatsApp’s features if you have not accepted the new terms of service.
Signal takes a jibe at WhatsApp as confusion looms large over its new privacy policy
WhatsApp will start taking action against the users who have not accepted the privacy policy starting today.
Ankita Chakravarti | May 15, 2021 | Updated 17:35 IST
Highlights
WhatsApp will start reminding users to accept new privacy policy from today. Users still are in two minds about accepting the privacy policy as there is too little information on what it truly signifies.
Signal, an encrypted messaging app, has made the full use of the opportunity to attract users to its own platform.
WhatsApp will start taking action against the users who have not accepted the privacy policy starting today. No, it won t remove the account of users but take away some basic features. Users still are in two minds about accepting the privacy policy as there is too little information on what it truly signifies. Meanwhile, Signal, an encrypted messaging app, has made the full use of the opportunity to attrac
The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Centre and social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp to reply to a PIL challenging the new privacy policy of the instant messaging app on the grounds that it violates informational privacy of users. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh issued notice to the Centre, Facebook and WhatsApp and sought their stand on the petition by May 13.
WhatsApp told the bench during the hearing that private conversations of individuals are protected by end to end encryption. The petitioner, Harsha Gupta, urged the court for some interim orders as the Facebook-owned WhatsApp intends to bring its policy into effect from May 15. The court then listed the matter for hearing on May 13.