WhatsApp Compliance Under India Review Before Payments Approval
- Payments body reviews Whatsapp’s data localization report
- Restrictions on adding customers will continue till approval
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India is reviewing an audit report on data practices of WhatsApp Inc. to ensure compliance with local rules before permitting a nationwide debut of the Facebook Inc.-owned company’s long-delayed payments service.
“We have received the data localization compliance system audit report from WhatsApp, which shall be reviewed in the next few weeks,” a Mumbai-based representative for National Payments Corp. of India said without providing any further details.