'Asking users to agree to privacy policy, accounts will be deleted if they don't': WhatsApp to Delhi high court
Hindustan TimesMobile messaging service WhatsApp told the Delhi high court on Monday that it has not deferred the May 15 deadline for users to accept its new privacy policy. The ASG urged the court to record the statement of WhatsApp's counsel that the company will conform with the Indian law and maintain status quo where neither the account or the data is deleted if they revoke their permission/consent for the new privacy policy. The hearing was held on a petition filed by Seema Singh, through her advocate Meghan, and law student Chaitanya Rohilla challenging the WhatsApp's new privacy policy. In its affidavit, the Centre had told the court that the new privacy policy does not provide the opportunity to review or amend the full information submitted by a user, pointing out that the changes allowed to be made are limited to the name, picture, mobile number and “about” information.