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16 Jun 2025

WhatsApp To Show Ads In Updates Tab; Personal Chats Will Stay Ad-Free

However, WhatsApp has assured its users that these new features are confined to the Updates tab and will not affect personal messaging.

20 May 2025

WhatsApp Rolls Out Its Biggest Privacy Campaign Across 16 States- Details Here

WhatsApp Privacy Campaign: WhatsApp continues to enhance its Privacy Checkup tool, which helps users manage their privacy settings and security options all in one place.

06 May 2025

6 Key Privacy Features You Should Enable On Your WhatsApp

Here are the key privacy features of WhatsApp that will help you keep your chats secure and your account protected.

04 Mar 2025

Is Someone Else Using Your WhatsApp Account? Here's How To Detect

WhatsApp’s parent company Meta ensures end-to-end encryption for messages and calls, hackers or unauthorised users can still access your account if they have your login details.

06 Jan 2025

Meta Goes To NCLAT Against CCI's Rs 213 Crore Penalty On WhatsApp

Meta has now informed the NCLAT that the CCI order has wide ramifications for the industry as a whole and therefore, an urgent hearing in the matter will be required.

10 Nov 2024

How To Recover Deleted Professional Chats On Android And iOS?

Recover Deleted WhatsApp Messages: Nowadays, it’s important to keep professional chats, work messages, personal conversations, and memorable photos safe and secure on WhatsApp.

09 Nov 2024

WhatsApp Shocker: Now Users Need To Pay License Fee For Groups; Details Here

WhatsApp License Fee: With WhatsApp often used for sharing news, discussions, and business activities, the government believes that making group admins accountable can prevent the circulation of false information.

16 Oct 2024

Why WhatsApp Bans Over 80 Lakh Indian Accounts; Find Out Reason Here

WhatsApp Accounts Ban In India: WhatsApp blocked 8,458,000 Indian accounts, of which 1,661,000 were proactively banned from August 1 to August 31.

22 Sep 2024

How To Detect If Someone Else Is Accessing Your Whatsapp Account; Check Signs

WhatsApp, an instant messaging platform, has security features that allow you to check which devices are logged into your account through the 'Linked Devices' option.

04 Aug 2024

How To Hide Your Whatsapp DP From Specific Contacts; Follow THESE Simple Steps

People may hide their WhatsApp profile picture (DP) for several reasons. These reasons include privacy concerns where you may not want certain people, like work colleagues or distant acquaintances, to see your photos.

25 May 2024

Elon Musk Accuses WhatsApp, Claims Meta App Breaches User Data Every Night

However, the Meta or WhatsApp are yet to comment on Musk's allegation.

20 Mar 2024

What Is WhatsApp Honey Trap Scam? How To Get Out Of It With Ease

In the end, many people have reportedly lost large amounts of their money after being tricked by unknown people online via WhatsApp Honey Trap Scam.

WhatsApp new privacy policy

25 Jul 2022

Delhi HC reserves judgement on WhatsApp's new privacy policy

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.

whatsapp features

16 Nov 2021

WhatsApp to unveil THESE two features soon for Android, iOS users

These features are currently in the development phase and will be put out in a future update of WhatsApp. WhatsApp now allows users to hide their profile image, status, and last seen for all contacts at once, without the ability to choose who can see it. WhatsApp has been spotted testing new privacy options that will allow users to select who they wish to conceal their updates and photos from.

02 Mar 2021

Uncertainty prevails as govt yet to take a call on new WhatsApp policy

WhatsApp deferred its new data privacy policy by three months and said that it will bring in its new policy on May 15. Now, the Delhi High Court had adjourned till April 19 hearing on petition against WhatsApp's new privacy policy after the Central government sought more time saying that they are examining the issue. The Court noted that the government is examining the issue and granted more time to the Centre to respond on the matter.

18 Feb 2021

WhatsApp new Terms of Service to come on May 15: Here’s what it will clarify

According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp’s new Terms of Service will come into effect on May 15, 2021. With the screenshots, the blog site explained the changes that the new policy will bring to the messaging platform and in the new WhatsApp beta for Android 2.21.4.13, WhatsApp is working to improve the communication to the users with a new informative alert. In another screenshot, WhatsApp is planning to give all the details on how it functions and how it processes data, and how businesses manage users' data using Facebook’s tools.

11 Jan 2021

WhatsApp private group chat available on Google? Users advised not to This

Google had indexed invite links to private WhatsApp group chats. Anyone can join various private chat groups with a simple search. The indexed WhatsApp group chat links have now been removed from Google.

WhatsApp fingerprint authentication

15 Jan 2019

WhatsApp working on fingerprint authentication for chats

The feature is current under development in Beta for Android 2.19.3 version.

04 Jul 2018

WhatsApp snubs Centre on false messages: With technology come trade-offs

The government had written to WhatsApp asking the messaging platform to stop the spread of false messages on its platform.

WhatsApp payments

10 Apr 2018

WhatsApp sharing your payments data with third-party?

WhatsApp said that it receives information when the messaging app provides Payments services to users.

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