

Secondly, Pakistan’s Ministry of Technology is considering steps towards this policy.įederal Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said the ministry is considering passing strict laws to protect citizens’ privacy. Ga, which is a division of Turkish Cell, a Turkish communications company. It should be noted that ahead of the announcement of the suspension of this policy, the media office of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the termination of the use of WhatsApp.Īccording to the French news agency AFP, following explanatory statements released yesterday by WhatsApp, the Turkish presidential administration announced that its media office will hold a briefing for journalists via the BIP app on Monday (today, January 11). The statement added that the Competition Council is launching an investigation into WhatsApp and Facebook and that WhatsApp data sharing requirements will be suspended pending its completion. The statement said Facebook will also have to suspend data sharing. Turkey’s Competition Council has suspended the implementation of the new policy in the country, and even if consumers accept it, it will not be implemented until the investigation is completed. Turkey became the first country in the world to take action under WhatsApp’s new privacy policy. The accounts of those who do not agree with this policy will be deleted after February 8, 2021. WhatsApp has been sending out privacy policy notifications since early January, allowing users’ personal data to be shared with Facebook companies. Turkey has launched an investigation into Facebook and WhatsApp, suspending new data sharing rules for messaging apps.
