Following a challenge by two Indian students, the Delhi High Court ruled WhatsApp must make changes to its privacy policy before its Facebook data sharing process goes into effect, Mashable reports. The court ruled WhatsApp must delete the data of users who opt-out of the policy changes before it’s enacted on 25 Sept. The messaging app must also not share data collected before 25 Sept., even if the users choose not to opt-out. "Having regard to the complete security and protection of privacy provided by Respondent 2 (WhatsApp) initially while launching WhatsApp and keeping in view that the issue relating to the existence of an individual's right of privacy as a distinct basis of a cause of action is yet to be decided by a larger bench of Supreme Court, we consider it appropriate to issue the following directions to protect interest of users of WhatsApp," the court said.
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