<p>In a major decision, the Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected an appeal from Facebook-owned instant messenger WhatsApp's challenge to a Competition Commission of India (CCI) order directing for a probe against its new privacy policy.&nbsp;</p> <p>WhatsApp in its petition had contended that there is no need for CCI need to have ordered a probe for its new privacy policy since the matter was already before the Supreme Court. Facebook had also filed a similar petition challenging the competition watchdog's decision for launching a probe in its product WhatsApp.</p> <p>Earlier, the Centre had informed the Delhi High Court that WhatsApp's new privacy policy violated the 2011 IT Rules.</p> <p>Meanwhile, after much criticism, WhatsApp had put its privacy policy, after introducing it in January 2021, on hold till May.</p> <p>Ministry of Electronics &amp; Information Technology (MeitY) in its written response to the court had said WhatsApp privacy policy fails to specify which types of sensitive personal data of users was being collected.&nbsp;</p> <p>"Notify the details of personal information collected to the user, provide an option to review or amend the information and withdraw consent retrospectively and guarantee further non-disclosure by third parties including other Facebook companies," MeitY replied.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><em>(This is developing News... Keep refreshing to get the latest updates)</em></strong></p>

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