: New privacy policy came into effect on May 15, WhatsApp tells Delhi HC #IndiaNEWS Messaging platform WhatsApp on Monday told the Delhi High Court that its new privacy policy came into effect on May

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New privacy policy came into effect on May 15, WhatsApp tells Delhi HC #IndiaNEWS
Messaging platform WhatsApp on Monday told the Delhi High Court that its new privacy policy came into effect on May 15, the Hindustan Times reported. The Facebook-owned application said that it was trying to get users on board to accept the new policies, but in case they do not do so, their accounts will slowly be deleted. The platform said that there was no universal or uniform time limit after which it will start to delete accounts as each user would be dealt with on a case-to-case basis, PTI reported.Advocate Kapil Sibal made the submission on behalf of WhatsApp during proceedings on a plea alleging that the policy violates the Right to Privacy under the Constitution. A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh sought the response of the Centre, Facebook and WhatsApp on the matter. The case will next be heard on June 3.In January, WhatsApp had sent its users a notification that it was preparing a new privacy policy, and it reserved the right to share some user data with Facebook. However, after facing massive backlash and with millions of users moving to other messaging platforms such as Signal and Telegram, WhatsApp decided to defer the changes to May 15. The company said...Read more

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