<p>The Centre Friday urged the Delhi High Court to restrain Facebook-owned WhatsApp from implementing its new privacy policy and terms of service.</p>.<p>The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology made the statement in its affidavit filed in response to a petition challenging the new privacy policy of social networking platform WhatsApp.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/whatsapp-asked-to-review-proposed-privacy-policy-changes-dhotre-963101.html" target="_blank">WhatsApp asked to review proposed privacy policy changes: Dhotre</a></strong></p>.<p>The petitioners, Seema Singh and Meghan Singh, have contended that the new privacy policy indicates the "fissures" in Indian data protection and privacy laws.</p>.<p>Under the new policy, users can either accept it or exit the app, but they cannot opt not to share their data with other Facebook-owned or third party apps. </p>
<p>The Centre Friday urged the Delhi High Court to restrain Facebook-owned WhatsApp from implementing its new privacy policy and terms of service.</p>.<p>The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology made the statement in its affidavit filed in response to a petition challenging the new privacy policy of social networking platform WhatsApp.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/whatsapp-asked-to-review-proposed-privacy-policy-changes-dhotre-963101.html" target="_blank">WhatsApp asked to review proposed privacy policy changes: Dhotre</a></strong></p>.<p>The petitioners, Seema Singh and Meghan Singh, have contended that the new privacy policy indicates the "fissures" in Indian data protection and privacy laws.</p>.<p>Under the new policy, users can either accept it or exit the app, but they cannot opt not to share their data with other Facebook-owned or third party apps. </p>