WhatsApp had faced severe backlash over user concerns that data was being shared with parent company Facebook. Also Read | WhatsApp policy: Indians apprehensive about privacy, says CJI“No accounts will be deleted on May 15 because of this update and no one in India will lose functionality of WhatsApp either. We will follow up with reminders to people over the next several weeks,” a WhatsApp spokesperson said in an emailed response. The company has not given any new date for implementation of the policy as of now. Also read: WhatsApp faces first legal challenge in India over privacyThe spokesperson added that the company has spent the last few months working to clear confusion and misinformation.

Source: The Hindu May 07, 2021 12:22 UTC