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Facebook executives on Thursday fielded questions from an Indian parliamentary panel about changes to WhatsApp s privacy policy, days after the country s technology ministry asked the messaging. | February 5, 2021
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FILE PHOTO: 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. Picture taken October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/File Photo
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Facebook executives on Thursday fielded questions from an Indian parliamentary panel about changes to WhatsApp’s privacy policy, days after the country’s technology ministry asked the messaging platform to withdraw them.
The committee asked why Facebook needed to change WhatsApp’s privacy terms and how it will impact users, a panel member told reporters on condition of anonymity after the meeting.
By Nigam Prusty and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Facebook executives on Thursday fielded questions from an Indian parliamentary panel about changes to WhatsApp s privacy policy, days after the country s technology ministry asked the messaging platform to withdraw them. The committee asked why Facebook needed to change WhatsApp s privacy terms and how it will impact users, a panel member told reporters on condition of anonymity after the meeting. Members wanted to know the implications of the policy for Indian consumers, the panel member said, adding that WhatsApp has said it will submit written responses. A WhatsApp spokeswoman said the company had provided its views and will continue to assist the committee in the future.
We’ve seen users complain about WhatsApp’s new privacy policy and we’ve even seen some ditch the messaging app and move to rivals Signal and Telegram. And now we’re hearing from a ministry from one of their biggest markets, asking them to reconsider implementing the policy. India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has sent […]