Supreme Court issues notice to WhatsApp, Facebook over new privacy policy

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to WhatsApp and Facebook in connection with a plea challenging WhatsApp’s new privacy policy.Hearing a plea against the new privacy policy of WhatsApp, the Supreme Court on Monday made it clear that it is the court’s duty to protect people’s privacy.Representing the petitioner, Karmanya Singh Sareen, senior advocate Shyam Divan sought a direction from the top court to restrain WhatsApp from implementing its new privacy policy in India.Also read: WhatsApp privacy policy: Indians treated differently from European users, says CentreA media report quoted advocate Divan as saying that WhatsApp has come up with separate privacy policies for the Europeans and to the Indians.He said till the time the new data protection law comes into force in India, WhatsApp should be barred from implementing its new privacy policy in the country.After hearing the pea, the bench, headed by Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde said, “We will issue notice in the matter.”The bench, which comprised CJI Bobde and Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian, told the WhatsApp counsel, “People have grave apprehensions about loss of privacy. You may be 2 or 3 trillion-dollar company, but people value their privacy more than your money, we have…
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