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 Tech3 hours ago New Delhi: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has directed WhatsApp to withdraw its new privacy policy, according to sources.