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After publishing full-page advertisements in Indian newspapers, the latest update from the most used applications in the world, was assuring their users via their own 'Status' feature.

CAIT has also prayed that the Union of India must frame guidelines to govern big technology companies like WhatsApp and frame policies which would protect the privacy of citizens and businesses.

The policy change was originally scheduled to come into effect on February 8, the Facebook-owned company said.

The petition, moved by advocate Chaitanya Rohilla, states that the policy gives a 360-degree profile view into a person's online activity and that this level of insight into a person's private and personal activities is done

Signal, which many feel is more secure than Telegram, is enjoying all the attention as WhatsApp’s popularity has plummeted

These new users came from across the globe -- 38 per cent from Asia, 27 per cent from Europe, 21 per cent from Latin America and eight per cent from MENA (Middle East and North Africa).

The advertisement on some Indian dailies reads: “Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA”.

In a candid interview with IANS, Executive Chairman of Signal Foundation Brian Acton who left WhatsApp in 2017 over a dispute with Facebook regarding monetisation of WhatsApp which has taken centerstage

The Gaali Project, a curation of swear words started by two-like minded women seeks to scout out words without any bias

Many fear ‘loss of privacy’ as new updates in its ‘Terms of service’ kicks up controversy