The controversial privacy policy from WhatsApp had irked the Indian users and they have been staunchly flaying the messaging service of compromising the privacy standards.

The development puts WhatsApp to face more challenges amid its bid to clear the clouds of controversy and to claim that it is very clean in its privacy and security standards. 

Signal co-founder Brian Acton said that the messaging platform has recorded tremendous growth and usage in the Indian market over the last few days.