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Fate of WhatsApp's privacy-policy changes in India lies with courts, amid mounting challenges

By Freny Patel
  • 06 May 2021 22:06
  • 18 May 2021 21:47
WhatsApp is facing mounting challenges in India ahead of a May 15 deadline for the company’s privacy-policy changes, with lawyers conceding in court this week that New Delhi’s planned new privacy laws would trump any new rules introduced by the messaging platform.
Harish Salve, representing WhatsApp, told the divisional bench

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Freny Patel

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Freny has been covering antitrust law, M&A and regulations for over a decade, serving as Asia editor at Policy and Regulatory Report. Prior to joining as an editor at Mergermarket, she headed the banking bureau of a leading Indian financial daily, Business Standard. When India privatized the insurance sector, she had her own column in The Observer.

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