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Facebook-owned WhatsApp has postponed its privacy update plan amid rising concerns
WhatsApp has announced that it has postponed its planned privacy update, which will give users more time to review the policy and accept the terms of the Facebook-owned messaging app.
The decision to postpone the privacy update has been taken due to misinformation causing concern among people, the company said.
Washington: Amid rising concerns over its privacy policy,
WhatsApp has announced that it has postponed its planned privacy update, which will give users more time to review the policy and accept the terms of the Facebook-owned messaging app.
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), which represents 70 million traders, has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the updated privacy policy of Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp. The petition comes with the prayer to direct WhatsApp to withdraw its new (updated) privacy policy which is encroaching upon various fundamental rights of the citizens granted by Constitution of India. CAIT has also prayed that Union of India must frame guidelines to govern big technology companies like WhatsApp and frame policies which would protect the privacy of citizens and businesses. “WhatsApp has adopted the approach of ‘my way or the highway’ which is arbitrary, unjustified, unconstitutional and cannot be accepted in a democratic country like India. WhatsApp has been fraudulently collecting personal user data,” CAIT National President B C Bhartia and Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal alleged in a statement.
Read more about HC judge recuses from hearing plea against privacy policy of WhatsApp on Business Standard. A Delhi High Court judge recused herself from hearing a plea challenging the updated privacy policy of messaging app WhatsApp