WhatsApp cannot share its old user data with Facebook or any other platform, the Delhi high court ruled on Friday while allowing the popular instant messaging app to roll out a new privacy policy. Hearing their petitions, a bench headed by Chief Justice G Rohini directed WhatsApp not to share any user data collected till September 25, 2016, with Facebook or any other related company. The court said WhatsApp must delete user data of anybody who chooses to opt out of the app before its new privacy policy kicks in. The messaging app has maintained all along that it does not retain user information on its servers once the account is deleted. The petitioners’ lawyer said WhatsApp, which has about 70 million users in India, that user information is retained even after an account is deleted.

Source: Hindustan Times September 23, 2016 10:38 UTC