After Govt’s notice, WhatsApp says new update does not impact privacy of personal messages

After India’s Minsitry of Electronics and Information Technology directed WhatsApp to withdraw the new privacy policy, WhatsApp responded by reaffirming that the new policy does not impact the privacy of personal messages.

A WhatsApp spokesperson told Mint, “We continue to engage with the government and we reaffirm what we said before that this update does not impact the privacy of personal messages for anyone. Our goal is to provide information about new options we are building that people will have, to message a business on WhatsApp, in the future.”

The spokesperson further added, “While the majority of users who have received the new terms of service have accepted them, we appreciate some people haven’t had the chance to do so yet.