Two Indian students have in India achieved what many have tried and failed in the United States of America.
Two students scored a partial victory over Facebook in a closely watched legal battle over privacy.
Readers may remember that Facebook-owned WhatsApp had revised its privacy policy last month.
The new policy allows WhatsApp to share its users data with owner Facebook.
Public-interest litigation or PIL as its popularly called is equivalent to a Class Action Suit filed in the US.
In the PIL the two students had asked the Judge to order a complete rollback of those updates.
The judge also ruled that WhatsApp may share only that data which is collected after 25th September 2016.
However, going forward, WhatsApp is free to share information on users who havent opted out.
WhatsApp alone has over 70 million users in India, according to a SimilarWeb report in May.
Facebook hasnt yet commented on the ruling.
source: www.techworm.net
