No user information saved after account deletion: WhatsApp to HC
WhatsApp on Wednesday said it does not retain information of its users on its servers once the account has been deleted by the user.The popular instant messaging app was responding to a query by the Delhi high court about the fate of users' information once an account is deleted.WhatsApp's last month decision to share user data with parent company Facebook has been under the high court's scrutiny after two Delhi-based users moved petitions contending it "severely compromises the rights of its users".
No information is retained once user deletes account: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
The petitioners, however, opposed the submissions of WhatsApp, saying that user information continues to be retained for a longer period of time even after it is deleted.The Delhi High Court was informed on Wednesday by the instant messaging app WhatsApp that it does not retain information of its users on its servers once the user deletes the account.A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, hearing a plea against WhatsApp's new policy, reserved the order and said it would pass the order on September 23.
What happens to data when user deletes account, HC asks WhatsApp
Privacy:WhatsApp's new policy gives users the option of sharing their account information with Facebook.file photoWhatsApp, a popular instant messaging platform, was on Wednesday asked by the Delhi High Court what happens to information and messages of a user when the user deletes his or her account, even as the company claimed that its new privacy policy is for sharing of "information" and "not data" of users with Facebook."We don't want to know about users willing to continue with WhatsApp.We are concerned about users who do not wish to share.
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