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By Gopal Sathe | Updated: 9 July 2021 12:30 IST

WhatsApp to Delhi High Court: Updated on Hold — Everything You Need to Know

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WhatsApp told the Delhi HC that it has put its on hold
It earlier sought a stay notice on the CCI case against it
WhatsApp's new met global pushback from s

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WhatsApp on Friday told the Delhi High Court that it has voluntarily put its updated on hold, and that s in India will not be affected. This was said during a hearing in the Delhi HC about WhatsApp and FB's plea challenging CCI's enquiry into the updated of WhatsApp.

WhatsApp had initially announced its again sent out reminders with a new message.

However, this saw various complaints from both privacy advocates, the government, and other business interests all of which said that seeking a Stay Notice in June, but actually, the company had already taken steps to halt the rollout. Here's everything you need to know about WhatsApp's new , and whether you need to accept it or not.

We have already put our updated on hold till the Data Protection Bill: Senior advocate Harish Salve said for WhatsApp at the Delhi High Court.
“No one will have their s deleted or lose functionality of WhatsApp on May 15th because of this update,” it said. “WhatsApp won't delete your if you don't accept the update.”
The new policy went into effect on May 15, and initially WhatsApp said it would slowly limit functionality.
WhatsApp was caught up in several court cases and responded by pointing to other apps, saying they collect more data.
The rollout of the new policy announced in January raised concerns that data would be shared with Facebook. Some data such as phone numbers is already being shared.
WhatsApp later clarified that this data was not being shared with Facebook, and that the new policy would only affect messages sent to WhatsApp for Business s.
In its FAQ WhatsApp also said that the majority of s have accepted the new .
WhatsApp also confirmed that chats between individuals are end to end encrypted and can not even be read by the messaging platform, or shared with others.
It also added that WhatsApp calls are similarly encrypted and can not be listened to either.
It's not clear whether the legal cases in India had any impact on WhatsApp's decision or if it changed course because of pushback around the world.

Does WhatsApp's new spell the end for your privacy? We discussed this on Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.

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