The ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Wednesday, 19th May issued a notice to Whatsapp regarding it’s Privacy Policy. According to the sources, the notice says that there are various options availabe for the messaging platform under Indian laws.
Governmnent has directed Whatsapp to withdraw it’s privacy policy. “Deffering date of acceptance not enough”. The governement believes that the policy is discriminatory to Indians. Users in Europe have the option to opt out of the policy while users in India are not being provided with a choice.
WhatsApp had earlier deffered it’s privacy policy from February 8 to May 15 following outrage from users. Earlier this month, WhatsApp said a majority of users had accepted the new terms of service, and that it would not delete the accounts of those who haven’t accepted the terms yet. However, users who didn’t accept the new terms could expect to have limited functionality over time.
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