WhatsApp won’t withdraw privacy update
Pankaj.Doval@timesgroup.com
New Delhi:25.05.2021
Under pressure from the government to withdraw its privacy update in India, WhatsApp refused to comply, but issued a face saver, saying it will “not limit the functionality” of users at least till the country gets a data protection law.
The company has been under pressure from the government, fairplay regulator Competition Commission and the courts over its privacy update which it implemented from May
15. WhatsApp says if a user does not want to update to the new norms, the person’s app will not lose any functionality, though the user will surely be sent reminders to step up. “We will not limit the functionality of how WhatsApp works in the coming weeks… We will maintain this approach until at least the forthcoming personal data protection law comes into effect,” a company spokesperson said.
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