MeitY says WhatsApp privacy policy violates India’s IT rules on 5 counts
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India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Friday filed an affidavit in the Delhi High Court reiterating that WhatsApp’s privacy policy violated the Information Technology Rules (IT Rules), 2011 on five counts. The IT ministry said the privacy policy fails to specify the types of sensitive user data being collected and violates other sections of the IT Rules, 2011