Pakistan: WhatsApp should have taken user feedback before formulating new policy.

According to details, Federal Minister for Information Technology Amin-ul-Haq in his statement regarding WhatsApp update policy said that he is aware of the concerns of Pakistani users on WhatsApp update policy. Setting up

The Federal Minister said that the preparation of the Personal Data Protection Bill has accelerated the work on chatting application for government employees and liaison with social media companies. Granted, no company can impose its will on it, which can adversely affect consumer rights.

Amin-ul-Haq said that WhatsApp should have taken the opinion of the user first and the new policy should have been the same for the world, but the new policies will not be applicable in Europe, Brazil and the United States. There are rules.

He said that we have doubled the pace of our work on the Personal Data Protection Bill and in a few days the bill will be sent to the concerned department and presented in the Parliament for legislation.

Amin-ul-Haq further said that the federal cabinet has given the task to the Ministry of IT to create a WhatsApp-style application for government officials and employees which would not only store all the data but also the conversations on it.

The Federal Minister hoped that by June 2021, we will be able to launch an application called Smart Office. This will be on a trial basis. The second application will also be launched for ordinary Pakistani users.