January 18, 2021 00:02 IST
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January 18, 2021 00:02 IST
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January 18, 2021 10:43 IST
Privacy of citizens is too important to be left to the business practices of digital companies
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Privacy of citizens is too important to be left to the business practices of digital companies
WhatsApp’s decision to delay the update of its privacy policy, following a backlash from its users, is an implicit acknowledgement of the increasing role played by perceptions about privacy in the continued well-being of a popular service. Problems for the Facebook-owned app started earlier this month when it announced an update to its terms of service and privacy policy, according to which users would no longer be able to opt out of sharing data with Facebook. February 8 was kept as the deadline for the new terms to be accepted. This triggered a mass exodus from WhatsApp, the likes of which it has never encountered, not even in the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica