WhatsApp took similar action in March when it banned over 79 lakh accounts. The platform received a record 12,782 complaint reports that month, with 11 records "actioned."
Britain's data watchdog said it was looking into a report that staff at the hospital where Kate, Princess of Wales, underwent abdominal surgery in January, had attempted to access her private health records.
The investigation found that the sign-up process for teen users resulted in settings that made their accounts public by default, allowing anyone to view and comment on their videos.
CCI probe: This issue is connected with WhatsApp's new privacy policy. The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma dismissed the petition remarking that there has to be some end for the "luxury to litigate".
Whatsapp told the Delhi High Court on Friday that till the data protection bill comes into force, it would not compel users to opt for its new privacy policy as it has been put on hold.
The Delhi High Court has refused to stay the Competition Commission of India (CCI) notice asking Facebook and WhatsApp to furnish certain information in relation to a probe ordered by it into the instant messaging app’s new privacy policy.
Amid a user backlash over a new privacy policy of WhatsApp, the Indian government on Tuesday said it is looking into the changes made by the popular messaging app, and asserted that sanctity of personal communication needs to be maintained.
Government of India, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) has written to Will Cathcart, Global CEO of WhatsApp to withdraw the proposed changes to the Privacy Policy of the Facebook-owned messaging application for Indian users.
According to reports, Ankhi Das was questioned by a Parliamentary panel for over two hours last week in connection with data privacy issues.
275 Chinese apps that include PUBG Mobile are being reviewed by the Indian government and can possibly be banned as part of another app-banning spree due to security reasons.
Claiming privacy to users isn’t quite assuring their safety and security
Zuckerberg acknowledged he made a "huge mistake" in failing to take a broad enough view of what Facebook's responsibility is in the world.
Hearing the case on WhatsApp’s new privacy policy, the Supreme Court was told by Facebook, which owns the popular messaging platform, that those feeling aggrieved could stop using WhatsApp.
The Delhi High Court today gave its go-ahead to WhatsApp’s new privacy policy which will let the instant messaging software share the information of its users with its parent company Facebook. However, with this nod
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