NEW DELHI: WhatsApp seems to have a tough road ahead as the Confederation of All India Traders has demanded a ban on the messaging app over its privacy policies, Indian media reported.The.
Indian traders demand ban on WhatsApp over new terms of service, privacy policy
Indian traders demand ban on WhatsApp over new terms of service, privacy policy
The Confederation of All India Traders has written to the Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad demanding a ban on WhatsApp and Facebook for updating its privacy policies.
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WhatsApp seems to have a tough road ahead as traders’ body CAIT has demanded a ban on the messaging app over its privacy policies. The Confederation of All India Traders has written to the Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad demanding a ban on WhatsApp and Facebook for updating its privacy policies. The CAIT in their letter claimed, all kinds of personal data, payment transactions, contacts, location and other vital information” of a pe
In a letter to the IT Minister, CAIT demanded that Centre should immediately restrict WhatsApp from implementing the new policy or put a ban on WhatsApp and its parent company Facebook
Traders body CAIT on Sunday wrote to Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad demanding that the government restrict WhatsApp from implementing its new privacy policy or impose a ban on the messaging app and its parent company Facebook. The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) claimed that through the new privacy policy, all kinds of personal data, payment transactions, contacts, location and other vital information of a person who is using WhatsApp will be acquired by it and can be used for any purpose by WhatsApp . In the communication to Prasad, CAIT has demanded that government should immediately restrict WhatsApp from implementing the new policy or put a ban on WhatsApp and its parent company Facebook , the traders body stated.