WhatsApp to Delhi HC: Won't force users to choose new privacy policy

Ground Report | New Delhi: WhatsApp to Delhi HC; WhatsApp has told the Delhi High Court that it will not force users to choose its own privacy policy. It has been said that it has been postponed until the data protection bill comes into force.

WhatsApp to Delhi HC

WhatsApp also said before a bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh that it will not limit the functionality for users who are not opting for the new privacy policy in the meantime. Senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for WhatsApp, said that we ourselves have agreed to put it on hold and we will not force people to accept.

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Salve said that WhatsApp will continue to show updates to its users. The High Court is hearing the appeals of Facebook and its firm WhatsApp, in which they have challenged the order of a court.

This single-judge bench had refused to stay competition regulatory body CCI's investigation into WhatsApp's new privacy policy. Senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for WhatsApp in the Delhi High Court, gave information related to the new changes. (WhatsApp to Delhi HC)

“We will continue to show notifications and updates to users who have not accepted the privacy policy. In addition, whenever a user uses an optional feature, such as chatting with a business, to get support from Facebook, they will still be able to access privacy,” he said. Policy-related information will be shown.

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WhatsApp privacy policy

The appeal was being heard in the court against the investigation of the WhatsApp privacy policy being done by the Competition Commission of India. Salve clarified the company's position and said that WhatsApp has decided to hold the update currently under investigation by CCI. He said that the government does not allow such a policy in the future, WhatsApp will not implement it.

Salve, in favour of WhatsApp, said that the company will wait for the new law related to data protection and privacy in India to come into force and come into force. He said, "It has been clarified by WhatsApp that there will be no change in the situation before the new law comes." Salve said that if the Government of India gives permission to implement the policy separately, only then it will be implemented, or else the company will not move forward.

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