{"id":78087,"date":"2021-01-23T15:08:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T09:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=78087"},"modified":"2021-01-25T11:31:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T06:01:40","slug":"privacy-and-surveillance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/privacy-and-surveillance\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Privacy and surveillance\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Synopsis:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Issue of WhatsApp privacy policy has again raised the concern of data privacy in India. What are the options available with the government to handle this issue?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Introduction\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Facebook\u2019s revenue model uses data on its platform to allow advertisers to target relevant consumers.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now Facebook Inc. wants to integrate the services from WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook. The intent behind this step is to monetise their use by consumers.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

WhatsApp is one of the most used Social Media App in India. It is capable to share user metadata and mobile information of Indian users with Facebook, its parent company.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now,\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Indian government is looking for ways to protect the data privacy of Indian Users.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the steps that government can take?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ministry of Electronics and IT has sent WhatsApp a series of queries. It includes, why Indian users would be sharing information with Facebook, unlike EU.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n