SA moves to protect WhatsApp’s users
SOUTH Africa's Information Regulator is seeking legal advice to get messaging platform WhatsApp to revise its privacy policy in the country to align with standards used in the European Union (EU). Earlier this year the Facebook-owned messaging app informed users that they would need to consent to new privacy policy terms, which will take effect tomorrow, or stop using the service. The update, which allows WhatsApp to collect personal data from users, has prompted a global backlash. The Regulator said that it had written to WhatsApp LLC and requested it to revise its privacy policy in South Africa to the…