The Centre will examine an alleged breach of privacy in which WhatsApp is said to be accessing and using the microphone feature of the smar...

The DPC, which acts as the EU's lead privacy regulator for Meta, said WhatsApp must reassess how it uses personal data for service improvem...

WhatsApp might allow users to log in on two mobile devices simultaneously and send messages to themselves from one device to the other. The...

The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and the European Network of consumer authorities said WhatsApp had not explained the changes in p...

The Delhi High Court has decided not to interfere with the Competition Commission of India’s investigation into WhatsApp's new privacy poli...

Here are the major developments around data protection rules in India this year.

WhatsApp is taking the action after getting hit with a record 225 million euro ($267 million) fine in September from Ireland's data privacy...

Ireland was asked to "reassess and increase its proposed fine on the basis of a number of factors ... and following this reassessment the D...

The European Consumer Organisation, or BEUC, filed a complaint Monday over the way WhatsApp has brought in changes to its terms of service ...

Facebook India representative Shivnath Thukral Thukral assured the Parliamentary Standing Committee that there is no truth in the allegatio...

Senior advocate Harish N Salve has been fighting for citizen's rights and privacy in the Supreme Court against social media platforms such ...

Facebook's messaging platform alleged that the Israeli NSO Group targeted some 1,400 users. While WhatsApp declined to reveal the identitie...

On Thursday, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad took to Twitter to reiterate the Centre’s concern at the breach of privacy of Indians, and sai...

Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted that the government is committed to protecting the privacy of Indian citizens. He asserted that government agen...

Facebook, which owns the popular messaging platform, told the Supreme Court that those who find the new privacy policy irksome or violative...

Senior advocates Sandeep Sethi and Pratibha M Singh, appearing for the petitioners, submitted before the court that it is a "very serious b...

"WhatsApp is a data collector to serve you advertising inside Facebook. ... you get ads on Facebook based on conversation you had on WhatsA...