CRITICAL AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF WHATSAPP’S PRIVACY POLICIES
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Today, the Internet has taken the world by storm. The world has connected in unfathomable ways before the existence of the web. Albeit the Internet has largely benefitted the masses, the legal fraternity has faced various challenges relating to Privacy of the users of Internet applications.
By the means of this Article, the authors will be dealing with the Privacy policy of the free cross-platform instant messaging and Voice over IP service application, WhatsApp and its impact on the users of the application. Primarily, by the means of this article, the authors have attempted to analyse the Privacy Policy of WhatsApp with respect to the earlier and current versions of the same. Furthermore, the authors aim to provide a comparative analysis of the current and previous version of the privacy policy of WhatsApp and suggestions to better the current privacy policy.
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