New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp was trying to force its users to get ‘trick consent’ on the updated privacy policy before the Personal Data Protection Bill becomes a law.
The government, in response to a petition challenging the Facebook-owned messaging app’s 2021 privacy policy, said that millions of WhatsApp existing users who have not accepted the updated 2021 privacy policy are being bombarded with notifications on day by day basis.
The Govt also told the High Court that by obtaining ‘trick consent’ from users for its updated privacy policy”, WhatsApp has been “indulging in anti-users practices
The platform has “unleashed its digital prowess to unsuspecting existing users and would like to force them to accept the updated 2021 privacy policy by flashing such notifications at regular intervals”, the affidavit filed by Govt said.
