WhatsApp can go ahead with its new privacy policy from September 25: Delhi High Court
However, it has also directed WhatsApp to remove information, data of users who decide to delete their account and this information should not be shared with Facebook.WhatsApp has received a green signal from Delhi High Court.The Court on Friday gave a go ahead to the new privacy policy of the app.
WhatsApp Can't Share User Data Collected Before Sept 25, Court Says
The Delhi High Court allowed messenger service WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, to implement its new privacy policy starting September 25 but issued directions to safeguard the interest of users.The high court bench, while allowing the privacy policy, directed WhatsApp to delete and not share any data – photos, videos, personal chats or any other – with Facebook and sister concerns of users who have opted out of the policy before September 25.Further, the court has restrained WhatsApp from sharing data of existing users with Facebook and sister concerns.
Delhi High Court allows WhatsApp to enforce new privacy policy from 25 September
The Delhi High Court on Friday gave its nod to the change in WhatsApp's new privacy policy that shares user data, including phone numbers, with its parent company Facebook.However, raising privacy concerns, the court attached certain conditions.The HC asked WhatsApp to not share any user data generated before 25 September and added that data of any user who deletes his or her WhatsApp account before 25 September will have to be deleted from WhatsApp servers.
Delhi Court Has A Message For WhatsApp About Sharing Info With Facebook
WhatsApp had announced it would share users' details with Facebook last month.New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has ordered instant messaging platform WhatsApp to remove information and data of users who delete their accounts and not share it with Facebook, which acquired WhatsApp two years ago.
In Win For Indian Students, Court Orders WhatsApp To Delete Data On Users Who Quit Before Sept. 25
ADVERTISEMENTTwo Indian students scored a partial victory over Facebook Inc. in a closely watched legal battle over privacy, though they failed to get the internet giant to reverse policies they say threaten the rights of millions of users.WhatsApp revised its privacy policy last month to share data with owner Facebook and allow targeted ads and messages from businesses, laying the groundwork for the free messaging service to begin making money.Students Karmanya Singh Sareen and Shreya Sethi, 19 and 22 respectively, then filed a public-interest litigation -- akin to a class action -- seeking to block those changes.
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