WhatsApp tells Delhi HC new privacy policy on hold till data protection law comes into force

Senior Advocate Harish Salve, appearing on behalf of WhatsApp, told the Delhi High Court that the messaging app will not enforce its privacy policies until the Data Protection Bill comes into force.

Senior Advocate Harish Salve on Friday told the Delhi High Court that WhatsApp will not enforce its privacy policies until the Data Protection Bill comes into force. Salve, appearing on behalf of WhatsApp and Facebook, said the new privacy policy is on hold. "The government has asked to shut down the policy. We have said we will not enforce it till the Data Protection Bill is passed. That is open-ended because we don't know when the Bill is going to come out," Harish Salve during the hearing at the Delhi High Court.