Legal challenges to the traceability provision - What is happening in India?

May 28, 2021

Legal challenges to the traceability provision: What is happening in India?

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Our Statement on Liability of WhatsApp group Admins

Apr 15, 2020

Our Statement on Liability of WhatsApp group Admins

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Letter To The Standing Committee on Information Technology

Nov 21, 2019

Recommendations to The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology for Surveillance Reforms in lieu of WhatsApp-NSO Revelations

Recommendations sent to Dr.

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FAQ on surveillance in India.

Nov 07, 2019

What exactly is surveillance?

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Critical security advisory: WhatsApp vulnerability

May 14, 2019

WhatsApp has reported that a security vulnerability in the app was exploited to install the NSO Pegasus spyware in certain iPhones and Android phones. The spyware can be installed by calling a target device. Even if the call is missed, the device could still be infected.

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FAQ: Legal Position of Encryption in India

Nov 11, 2017

The Indian Supreme Court on 29 June 2016 refused to entertain a petition that sought a ban on WhatsApp and other similar applications that use strong end to end encryption technologies to safeguard the communications on their services.

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WhatsApp: Privacy, Data Sharing & Encryption – Supreme Court Litigation Update (18th April, 2017)

Apr 18, 2017

This case, which has come in appeal from the High Court of Delhi, wherein WhatsApp was directed by the honorable Court, to delete all information & data of its users collected on their servers up to 25th September 2016, the date on which their new privacy policy came into effect.

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