Plea in Delhi High Court challenges WhatsApp s privacy policy update
The petition sought directions to the ministry of electronics and information technology to ensure that Whatsapp does not share any user data with Facebook or its associated apps.
Jan 15, 2021 15:02:44 IST
A Delhi-based advocate, Chaitanya Rohilla, has filed a plea in the Delhi High Court challenging WhatsApp s new privacy policy update. He argues that WhatsApp updated privacy policy and Terms of Service violates the right to privacy and jeopardises national security by sharing, transmitting and storing user data in another country. The plea is scheduled to be heard by the court today, 15 January. WhatsApp changed its privacy policy in “the most arbitrary manner and had made it compulsory for its users to accept its terms and conditions, failing which the accounts and services would be terminated after 8 February 2021 for the respective user, the petition reads.