![]() It may also try to decrease the number of prompts or reminders being sent to users regarding the acceptance of the policies.The messaging platform will certainly try to elucidate on the dispute that this update may be used for user profiling and also try to explain why it wants to push the update before the Data Protection Bill is passed.WhatsApp has only two options currently, explains Guruswamy: But given that Facebook has a long term plan of integration of all its messaging services, updates of this nature may be deemed necessary, which means that this may be a stop-gap solution while it tries to find a new way to implement its strategy." "WhatsApp cannot afford to lose a market of more than 450 million users. ![]() Guruswamy said that WhatsApp may have to follow uniform policies in both EU and India and make acceptance of the updated rules optional in India as well. The German authorities further said that since they were unaware of the particular consequences that approval would have on the users, it could set dangerous precedents concerning privacy intrusion. This was followed by Germany completely banning the update and pushing for the same at the European level. ![]() "The absence of strict privacy regulations and the virtual state of limbo that the current privacy bill is in accounts for improper usage of sensitive information by corporates," he added.Įuropean users can still opt out of the privacy policy, an option that has been made possible because of robust GDPR laws. But from a bird’s eye perspective, the aspect of macro data blocks being scrutinised, and used for targeting latent preferences of the users may amount to a 'blatant invasion of privacy'. Guruswamy believes that when the privacy policy is seen on a granular, case-by-case basis, such data may hold little or no importance. All orders are to be implemented within three months. The Quint spoke to cyber policy expert Prashant Guruswamy, CoFounder of Instasafe, to understand the concerns associated with WhatsApp's new privacy update. In addition, WhatsApp has been ordered to update their privacy policy to GDPR standards and communicate the updated policy to users and non-users in a language that is simple enough for a child to understand. The policy has been made mandatory for all users. WhatsApp has been pushing for universal acceptance of its updated privacy policy for quite some time now and the updated policy allows the platform as well as its parent company, Facebook, and related third parties, to access user metadata, even when they may not be using all of the applications.
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