WhatsApp to share user data with Facebook: Delhi High Court seeks government's reply
NEW DELHI: WhatsApp 's recent decision to share user data with parent company Facebook today reached the doorsteps of Delhi High Court , which sought the government's response on the modification.A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra issued notice to the Centre on a plea by two users of the most popular instant messaging service, alleging that WhatsApp, Facebook Inc and Facebook India Online Pvt Ltd's new private policy "compromises the rights of its users".Taking note of the concern by petitioners Karmanya Singh Sareen and Shreya Sethi, the high court wished to examine the issue and asked the concerned authorities to file their reply by September 14."The privacy policy is in stark contrast to the Privacy Policy existing from July 7, 2012.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," the plea alleged.The new policy, which is likely to come into force from September 25, has sought to change the "most valuable, basic and essential feature" of WhatsApp, which commenced operations in 2010, 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.
WhatsApp to start sharing user data with Facebook
After WhatsApp was bought by Facebook in 2014, users worried that the messaging app's strong stance on privacy might be compromised.Co-founder Jan Koum hoped to stem these fears, writing in a blog post at the time: "Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA, and we built WhatsApp around the goal of knowing as little about you as possible."Today, though, the company is loosening some of its own restrictions, and has announced it will begin sharing a limited amount of user data — including individuals' phone numbers — with parent company Facebook.
WhatsApp Shares user data with Facebook
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WhatsApp to share user data with Facebook for ad targeting — here's how to opt out
Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp has announced a big change to its privacy policy which, once a user accepts its new T&Cs, will see it start to share some user data with its parent company — including for ad-targeting purposes on the latter service."[B]y coordinating more with Facebook, we'll be able to do things like track basic metrics about how often people use our services and better fight spam on WhatsApp," WhatsApp writes in a blog on the change today."Facebook can offer better friend suggestions and show you more relevant ads if you have an account with them.
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