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Comment: Outcry over WhatsApp privacy change shows evolution of tech regulatory risk

By Mike Swift ( January 11, 2021, 23:24 GMT | Comment) -- From Australia to India to California, hundreds of millions of WhatsApp users woke their smartphones in the last week to an alert from the messaging platform saying that it is changing its privacy policy and terms of service. The global outcry over a relatively minor change, compared to the more momentous WhatsApp 2016 privacy policy change, shows how far the regulatory landscape has shifted.From Australia to India to California, hundreds of millions of WhatsApp users woke their smartphones in the last week to an alert from the messaging platform that it is changing its privacy policy and terms of service. Users can agree by Feb. 8, or they can stop using WhatsApp....

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