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.
Facebook ordered to stop harvesting data on WhatsApp users in Germany
Facebook has been ordered to stop harvesting the data of WhatsApp users in Germany.The move follows the latter's shock announcement last month that it would start sharing user data with its parent company, Facebook, including users' phone numbers and last seen time in the app.Stated uses for the data includes marketing/ad targeting.
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