WhatsApp New Privacy Policy 2021: Will you accept it or uninstall app to download some alternative? Survey reveals interesting details

WhatsApp New Policy: Recently, WhatsApp had started rolling out in-app notifications to users about an update in its Terms of Service and privacy policy regarding how it processes user data and partners with Facebook to offer integrations across the social media giant's products. It also stated that users will have to agree to the new terms and policy by February 8, 2021, in order to continue using WhatsApp's service. 

This kickstarted a spate of conversations and memes on the internet over WhatsApp's alleged sharing of user information with Facebook. Also, rival platforms like Signal and Telegram are reportedly seeing a surge in downloads in the wake of the development.

Now, with the debate raging over WhatsApp's updated privacy policy in India, a survey has revealed some interesting details on whether users will accept the new WhatsApp privacy policy or will look for alternatives of the messaging app. 

A whopping 47% respondents of poll said that they would not accept the policy and will look for alternatives of the messaging app. The Inshorts survey was conducted with around 2 lakh people.

WhatsApp New Privacy Policy Survey Details:-

Meanwhile, traders' body CAIT has written to Modi government for WhatsApp ban.

Traders' body CAIT on Sunday wrote to Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad demanding that the government restrict WhatsApp from implementing its new privacy policy or impose a ban on the messaging app and its parent company Facebook.

The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) claimed that through the new privacy policy, "all kinds of personal data, payment transactions, contacts, location and other vital information of a person who is using WhatsApp will be acquired by it and can be used for any purpose by WhatsApp".

In the communication to Prasad, CAIT has demanded that "government should immediately restrict WhatsApp from implementing the new policy or put a ban on WhatsApp and its parent company Facebook", the traders' body stated.

CAIT said Facebook has more than 200 million users in India and enabling it to access data of every user can pose serious threat to not only the economy but even to the security of the country.