HC Notice To Centre On WhatsApp Users' Privacy Issue
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre on a petition that said privacy of WhatsApp users has been threatened by a new policy announced by Facebook which owns the mobile messaging service.A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal sought the government's response by September 14 on the plea which said the new policy announced by WhatsApp, Facebook Inc and Facebook India Online Pvt Ltd severely compromises the rights of the users.Under the new policy, WhatsApp will share users' personal information, including their phone numbers, with its parent company Facebook.The phone number associated with a user's WhatsApp account will be used on Facebook to show them ads, the petition said.The privacy policy is in stark contrast to the privacy policy existing from July 7, 2012, it said."In its first revised modification on August 25, 2016, respondents (WhatsApp, Facebook Inc. and Facebook India Online Pvt Ltd) have introduced this policy which severely compromises the rights of its users and makes the privacy rights of users completely vulnerable."Senior advocate Sandeep Sethi argued that the new policy threatens to take away the privacy of users' data which will be shared with Facebook and all its group companies, including for the purpose of commercial advertising and marketing.
Plea against new WhatsApp Privacy Policy: Delhi HC issues notice to DoT and TRAI
Delhi High Court has issued notice to Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on a Public Interest Litigation filed by two students.The Petitioners contended that on 26th August 2016, they realized that Whatsapp has sought to suddenly change its Privacy Policy proposing to make drastic changes and severely compromises with the rights of the users of Whatsapp service.It has sought to alter / change the most valuable, basic and essential feature of this internet based messaging service, by unilaterally threatening to take away the protection to privacy of details and data of its Users and sharing the same with Facebook and all its group companies including for the purpose of commercial advertising and marketing.
Consumer Privacy Groups File FTC Complaint Over Facebook, WhatsApp Data Sharing – Consumerist
It's been less than a week since WhatsApp announced it would start sharing some user data with parent company Facebook, but in that short time, app users and privacy advocates alike have raised a ruckus over what they see as a broken promise.Now, some consumer privacy watchdog groups have filed a formal complaint with the FTC, asking them to look into it.The complaint (PDF) comes from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD).
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