WhatsApp received negative growth in terms of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions in January, according to the data released by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). PhonePe, however, continued to lead the market among UPI apps with over 41 percent share.
Supreme Court asks WhatsApp to respond to plea over non-sharing of UPI data with Facebook
The apex court has warned that have warned that if WhatsApp fails to file a reply to the writ petition, then the allegations made against it will be accepted.
Sushant Talwar | February 1, 2021 | Updated 17:12 IST
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The petition seeks to halt the launch of WhatsApp Payments in India.
The petition seeks clarity over non-sharing of UPI data with Facebook.
In the latest legal headache for the Facebook-owned messaging platform, WhatsApp, the Supreme Court of India on Monday ordered the platform to file a response on a writ petition that urges the RBI and NPCI to make sure that data collected by WhatsApp through its UPI-based payments feature is not shared with its parent company, Facebook, or any third party company. The plea also seeks direction from the apex court to ensure WhatsApp is not permitted to launch full-scale operations of WhatsApp Pay in India without fulfilling all le
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“The UPI transaction data is encrypted, and Facebook doesn t have access to this data in clear format,” the blogpost stated. If there is any conflict between WhatsApp India Payments Privacy Policy and the WhatsApp Privacy Policy, the WhatsApp India Payments Privacy Policy will control solely with respect to your use of UPI Payments.
Earlier in the month, WhatsApp
unveiled a new privacy policy update that allows it to share extensive metadata, business chats and transaction data with Facebook and its companies. This data can be used by the social media firm to target ads and personalise content.
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Atmanirbhar Digital India Foundation (ADIF), a newly formed industry association of Indian startups, has alleged that WhatsApp’s recent privacy policy update is a looming threat to the payments and financial data of users and has sought greater oversight from the authorities.
The policy could also lead to increased data sharing between WhatsApp Payments and parent entity Facebook despite the instant messaging platform’s position that the update applies only to WhatsApp Chat, it said in a letter to the Prime Minister’s Office, Reserve Bank of India, and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
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