WhatsApp privacy policy News

The Delhi High Court has reserved judgement on WhatsApp's new privacy policy. The High Court has just refused to interfere with the CCI's investigation into WhatsApp's new privacy policy.

The bench said users are mostly unaware of the data sharing by private entities like Cambridge Analytica. Senior advocate Harish Salve submitted that the new privacy policy gives the users freedom to not share their data and there is no element of coercion involved.

Earlier in December, WABeta announced that it has discovered hidden references to a new revised layout while transmitting media. This feature, however, is not available to beta testers because it is still in development, but it will be available at a later date. WhatsApp's privacy policy focuses on providing end-to-end encryption for users' chats as well as options to hide status, profile picture, and other information.

WhatsApp on Friday informed the Delhi high court that till the data protection bill comes into force, it would not compel users to opt for its new privacy policy as it has been put on hold.

WhatsApp has recently garnered eyeballs due to its implementation of controversial privacy policies which revealed the kind of data the platform collects and shares with its parent company Facebook. WhatsApp’s new privacy policy led to the migration of many users to alternate platforms such as Signal and Telegram.

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Twitter had raised concerns over the `potential threat` to freedom of speech and the new IT rules have elements that inhibit free conversation. WhatsApp has sued the government over the new IT policies which say that these rules will eventually force the company to break its encryption. The future looks uncertain as the government is not looking to bow down in front of these social media giants as that has been on cards for the past few years.

Now WhatsApp has revealed that users will be able to view reminders in 10 regional languages apart from English for its privacy update. WhatsApp has restricted those users who are planning to choose those languages as default options on their smartphones. These 10 languages include Hindi, Bangla, Punjabi, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Kannada, and Malayalam, apart from English.

Days after the government directed the messaging platform to withdraw its new privacy policy, a WhatsApp spokesperson said the company has responded to the letter and has assured that the privacy of users remains the highest priority for the Facebook-owned entity. Its purpose is to provide additional information about how people can interact with businesses if they choose to do so, the spokesperson added. WhatsApp had been warned that necessary steps in accordance with the law will be taken if a satisfactory response was not received within seven days.

WhatsApp has been given a strict warning by challenging it with legal action from the government which if decoded means that the government of India will leave no stone unturned to pursue all legal actions at hand. The exchange of talks started between WhatsApp and the IT Ministry started in January 2021. With repeated government warnings and impending court cases, WhatsApp is not in a very good position to implement the latest privacy policy.

The central government's claim was made before a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh during hearing of several pleas challenging WhatsApp's new privacy policy, which according to the platform has come into effect from May 15 and has not been deferred. The platform said there was no universal or uniform time limit after which it would start to delete accounts as each user would be dealt with on case-to-case basis. The bench issued notice to the Centre, Facebook and WhatsApp and sought their stand on one of the pleas by a lawyer who has claimed that the new policy violates users' right to privacy under the Constitution.

The battle of words started when encrypted messaging app Telegram took a jibe on WhatsApp by tweeting a meme that suggested it was time to "bin" WhatsApp and Facebook. In January, Telegram shared two spiderman pointing fingers at one another fitted with Facebook and WhatsApp icons instead of an actual face, standing in front of NYPD vehicle. The company said that after giving everyone time to review the privacy policy from May 15, after several weeks, the reminder people receive will eventually become persistent.

WhatsApp has said that after giving everyone time to review the privacy policy from May 15, after a period of several weeks, the reminder people receive will eventually become persistent. After persistent reminders, the users will encounter limited functionality on WhatsApp until they accept the updates. This limited functionality means that first users will only lose access to the chat list but they would be able to answer incoming calls and can reply to messages also.

After persistent reminders, the users will encounter limited functionality on WhatsApp until they accept the updates. The users won't be able to access the chat list. After a few weeks of limited functionality, they won't be able to receive incoming calls or notifications and WhatsApp will stop sending messages and calls to their phones. However, the users will eventually have to accept the WhatsApp privacy policy if they continue to use WhatsApp services.

WhatsApp had faced severe backlash over user concerns that data was being shared with parent company Facebook. She was responding to concerns raised by a Jharkhand government official on people in rural areas being pushed to accept WhatsApp's new privacy rules even though they are not aware of its impact on them. Arora during the event said the pandemic has pushed the usage of digital services across the country and there is a need to have robust cybersecurity infrastructure.

The instant mobile messaging firm has also said that not accepting the terms will not lead to the deletion of accounts. WhatsApp had faced severe backlash over user concerns that data was being shared with parent company Facebook. If the users do not wish to accept the policy or even deny it even after constant reminders being sent by the company, then they will not be able to use some of its features.

This feature would eventually protect the chat history from unauthorized access on Google Drive and users will be given a choice if they at all want to enable encryption. WhatsApp had set May 15 for its users to accept a change in privacy policy but later scrapped the deadline for users to accept the controversial update. WhatsApp had faced severe backlash over user concerns that data was being shared with parent company Facebook.

WhatsApp had faced severe backlash over user concerns that data was being shared with parent company Facebook. People are choosing other alternatives like Signal and other messaging apps instead of WhatsApp for communication.

WhatsApp will further let users call back a missed voice or video call and notifications will continue to come and users will have to read the messages, and respond to them as well. These things will only be available for just a few weeks as WhatsApp will eventually stop users from receiving incoming calls or notifications essentially cutting off services. Then users will be either given an option to accept the new policy or end up losing their WhatsApp account.