WhatsApp was recently asked to appear in a Delhi court and after it made recent privacy policy changes wherein it sends user information to parent company Facebook.
Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, appearing for WhatsApp said that the users’ privacy is maintained as it doesn’t have access to any data as it provides end-to-end encryption.
Luthra said that only a user’s name & phone number are shared with Facebook, nothing else. Adding that they were in compliance with the central government’s regulations for messenger apps.
“We are not dealing with sensitive information at all,” Luthra said, & added that, “if any of the user wants to opt out of the new policy, he/she cannot be forced to not choose that option.”
