Anuskha Prasad 2021-02-16 13:22:10
‘Privacy More Imp
Than Money’: SC Issues Notice in WhatsApp Case
The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice
to social media companies WhatsApp and its parent company Facebook in
connection with a plea challenging the company’s new privacy policy. The plea
filed seeks a stay on the operation of the new WhatsApp privacy policy.
"The privacy of people is more important
than your money," remarked Chief Justice of India SA Bobde while issuing
notices to Facebook and WhatsApp on an application seeking to restrain WhatsApp from implementing its new privacy policy in India.
According to the LiveLaw report,
the CJI observed that people have grave concerns about their right to privacy
with respect to Whatsapp's new policy.
Following the hearing, the Constitutional
Bench directed the company to explain its stance by filing a counter affidavit
within four weeks, on the application that was filed by the Internet Freedom
Foundation (IFF).
WhatsApp head, Will Cathart had clarified
last month that the recent privacy policy update ‘does not change WhatsApp's
data-sharing practices with Facebook’.
