Whatsapp Policy Violation

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  WhatsApp Banned Over 71 Lakh Indian Accounts In April Due To Policy Violation

  Meta-owned WhatsApp on Saturday said it banned more than 71 lakh accounts in India in the month of April for violating the laws of the land.

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  WhatsApp Policy Violations Led to Over 71 Lakh Account Bans in India in November

  WhatsApp has announced that over 71 lakh accounts in India were banned in November 2023. As part of its latest monthly compliance report under the IT Rules 2021, the company revealed that it banned over 19 lakh accounts in India "proactively", without user reports. It also acted on a handful of over 8,000 grievances received from users last Novembe...

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  New Digital Personal Data Protection Bill Said to Be Introduced in Monsoon Session of Parliament

  The Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that the government will table the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament in July. A five-judge Constitution bench of Justices KM Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and CT Ravikumar fixed the matter for hearing in August.

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  WhatsApp to Warn Businesses Violating its Commerce Policy, Developing New ‘Kept’ Messages Section: Report

  WhatsApp is working on a feature to warn business that are in violation of its Commerce Policy, according to a feature tracker. The company’s policy for businesses was updated in 2021 with details of goods and services that are banned on the platform. Meanwhile, WhatsApp has also been spotted working on a section for users to “keep” messages ...

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  WhatsApp Directed by Meity to Withdraw New Privacy Policy, Letter Shows

  WhatsApp has been asked to withdraw its new privacy policy by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), as per a letter sent by the agency to the Facebook-owned instant messaging platform accessed by NDTV.

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  WhatsApp Privacy Policy Update Violates Indian IT Laws: Centre Tells Delhi High Court

  WhatsApp privacy policy that came into effect on May 15 is in violation of the Indian Information Technology (IT) law and rules, Centre told the Delhi High Court on Monday. WhatsApp, opposing the contention, said it was conforming to Indian IT law and rules.

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  WhatsApp Privacy Policy Not Conforming To Indian IT Laws: Centre To Court

  The Centre on Monday told the Delhi High Court that it views the new privacy policy of WhatsApp as a violation of the Indian Information Technology (IT) law and rules, and sought directions to the social media platform to make it clear whether it was

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  High Court Seeks Centre Stand on Plea Against WhatsApp Privacy Policy

  The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Centre and social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp to reply to a PIL challenging the new privacy policy of the instant messaging app on the grounds that it violates "informational privacy" of users.

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  WhatsApp Privacy Policy Probe on Competition Aspect, CCI Tells Delhi High Court

  CCI said it was looking into the competition aspect of WhatsApp's new privacy policy, and not the alleged violation of individuals' privacy which was being looked into by the Supreme Court.

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  WhatsApp Privacy Policy Update Faces Antitrust Probe From CCI

  Competition Commission of India (CCI) ordered a probe into a WhatsApp privacy policy update, saying the Facebook-owned messaging service had breached antitrust laws.

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  WhatsApp's New Policy Violates Right To Privacy: Plea In Delhi High Court

  An advocate has moved the Delhi High Court seeking direction for an injunction against WhatsApp's new privacy policy with immediate effect, stressing that the messaging app's updated policy violates Right to Privacy.