New Delhi, June 03: The Central government on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that WhatsApp was indulging in anti-user practices by obtaining "trick-consent" from the users for its updated privacy policy.
ANI reported that the Centre's affidavit claimed, "WhatsApp has unleashed its digital prowess to existing users and would force them to accept updated 2021 privacy policy, to transfer existing user base committed to updated privacy policy before Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill becomes law."
The affidavit alleged the "current notifications being pushed by WhatsApp on its users, existing and new ones, is against the very grain of prima facie opinion of the Competition Commission of India's order dated March 24, 2021," ANI reported.
"It is submitted that millions of WhatsApp existing users, those who have not accepted the updated 2021 privacy policy, are being bombarded with notifications on an everyday basis," the govt in response to a petition challenging the Facebook-owned messaging app's 2021 privacy policy.