New Delhi: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered a detailed probe into updated privacy policy and phrases of service of on the spot messaging app WhatsApp.
Fair commerce regulator discovered WhatsApp’s “exploitative and exclusionary conduct” within the garb of the policy replace prima facie violated competitors norms.
CII has taken suo moto cognisance of the matter on contemplating media stories and the potential affect of the policy and phrases for WhatsApp customers and the market, a PTI report mentioned.
WhatsApp has lately confronted numerous flak over its privacy policy and phrases of use replace. It mentioned that it’ll not delete customers’ account after the brand new privacy phrases come into impact from May 15, nevertheless, in the long run customers will not give you the chance to learn or ship messages from the app.
“To give you enough time to review changes at your own pace and convenience, we’ve extended the effective date to May 15th. If you haven’t accepted by then, WhatsApp will not delete your account. However, you won’t have full functionality of WhatsApp until you accept. For a short time, you’ll be able to receive calls and notifications, but won’t be able to read or send messages from the app,” a WhatsApp FAQ web page mentioned.
Earlier, in February WhatsApp mentioned that it will show a banner on the app offering customers with extra info on the privacy policy.
WhatsApp in its current weblog wrote, “Today we’re sharing updated plans for how we’ll ask WhatsApp users to review our terms of service and privacy policy. We previously encountered a great deal of misinformation about this update and we continue to work hard to clear up any confusion.”
Notably, WhatsApp had requested customers to both give their consent to sharing information with Facebook or lose their accounts after February 8. The policy was, nevertheless, placed on maintain until May 15 due to an enormous backlash by the customers.
