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Here’s what’s up with WhatsApp on its legal battle in India

Nazia BijalSep 15, 2016, 13:17 IST

WhatsApp has about seven crore users in India which is one-tenth of its total users worldwide. The messaging giant was acquired by social networking giant Facebook in February this year. And now it’s landed itself in a legal battle over its privacy policy. The Delhi High Court has directed the instant messaging platform WhatsApp to file an affidavit addressing the privacy and copyright concerns raised by a PIL against the proposed new policy of sharing data with Facebook.