Delhi HC extends time for Facebook, WhatsApp to respond to CCI notices in privacy policy …

WhatsApp and Facebook have challenged the CCI’s June 4 and 8, 2021, notices respectively, asking them to furnish certain information for the purpose of inquiry conducted by it The Delhi High Court January 3 extended the time for filing replies by Facebook and WhatsApp to two notices issued to them by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) which has ordered a probe into the instant messaging app’s new privacy policy.WhatsApp and Facebook have challenged the CCI’s June 4 and 8, 2021, notices respectively, asking them to furnish certain information for the purpose of inquiry conducted by it.A Bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh noted that the Data Protection bill is yetto be finalised and, therefore, adjourned the proceedings to March 30.The court was hearing the appeals of Facebook and WhatsApp challenging its single-judge order dismissing their pleas against the probe ordered by the CCI into WhatsApp’s new privacy policy.“Till then the time to file replies to the June 4 and June 8, last year, notices issued by CCI to the appellants [Facebook and WhatsApp] is extended,” the Bench said.The court had earlier granted time to the social media platforms to file replies to notices and thereafter,…
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