Students win, WhatApp can't share data with Facebook till Sunday
NEW DELHI: In a significant judgement, WhatsApp, the instant messaging platform, was on Friday restrained by the Delhi High Court from sharing with its principal investor Facebook any of its user information prior to September 25 when its new privacy policy comes into effect.Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal directed WhatsApp to delete information and data of persons who opted out of the service before September 25 and not to share them with Facebook or other group companies.Also, "in the case of users who choose to continue using the app, their information, data and details existing up to September 25, from when the new policy came into effect, shall not be shared with the social networking site," the judges said.
Indian court orders WhatsApp to not share user data with Facebook collected before Sept. 25
WhatsApp's move to share some of users' information with Facebook isn't sitting well with India.The country's Delhi High Court today directed WhatsApp to make two critical alterations to its forthcoming policy changes for Indian customers.SEE ALSO: WhatsApp announces plans to share user data with FacebookA bench of Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court ordered WhatsApp to delete data of users who choose to opt out of WhatApp's policy changes before Sept. 25.
WhatsApp users – have you opted out of Facebook data share?
The 30 day "opt out" period for many Whatsapp users whose information will be shared with Facebook is coming to a close.Whatsapp announced new terms and conditions last month which, controversially, will see phone numbers given to its social network parent company.Users were given 30 days to opt out of the arrangement.
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