WhatsApp case reveals India's need for law to protect data privacy
India needs new data privacy laws, experts say, as a court case with WhatsApp has brought the issue into sharp focus.WhatsApp last month revised its privacy policy to allow the Facebook-owned messaging app to share data with Facebook and permit targeted adverts.Two students filed a public litigation in the Delhi High Court to try to get the policy reversed.
WhatsApp won't comply with India's order to delete user data (updated)
In August, privacy groups in the US spoke out against the change, which allows WhatsApp to pass account information like mobile phone number, contacts, profile pictures and status messages to its parent company.Facebook claims that sharing information between the two will help it to improve the experience and fight abuse across both platforms, while WhatsApp defended the change by saying that all messages on the service will remain encrypted.The case before the Delhi High Court was brought by two Indian students who alleged the new terms of service will jeopardize the privacy and "severely compromises" the rights of over 100 million active WhatsApp users in their country.
India orders WhatsApp to keep data from Facebook
India orders WhatsApp to keep data from FacebookShare this content:linkedingooglePrintThe Delhi High Court has ordered WhatsApp not to share certain data with Facebook, as it plans to do with its groundbreaking and controversial policy changes.WhatsApp's decision to share user data with Facebook has met a frosty receptionAn Indian court has ordered the encrypted messaging app, WhatsApp, to not share customer data with its parent company, Facebook.The Delhi High Court ruled that WhatsApp could not share user information collected before 25 September 2016, the date the policy changes took effect.
Simply put: How WhatsApp case underlines need for laws on data privacy
Facebook bought WhatsApp for $ 19 billion in 2014.Facebook bought WhatsApp for $ 19 billion in 2014.On September 23, a Delhi High Court Bench led by Chief Justice G Rohini directed Internet-based messaging service WhatsApp to delete all information and data collected from users in India up to September 25.
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