'Exploitative': What SC told Meta over WhatsApp's privacy policy in India
Supreme Court warns Meta over its messaging app WhatsApp's privacy policy, telling the tech giant it cannot play with the privacy of Indian citizens
Supreme Court warns Meta over its messaging app WhatsApp's privacy policy, telling the tech giant it cannot play with the privacy of Indian citizens
Supreme Court warns Meta over its messaging app WhatsApp's privacy policy, telling the tech giant it cannot play with the privacy of Indian citizens
Supreme Court warns Meta over its messaging app WhatsApp's privacy policy, telling the tech giant it cannot play with the privacy of Indian citizens
The Supreme Court issued a warning to tech giant Meta over its messaging app WhatsApp's privacy policy on Tuesday.
The bench led by Chief Justice Surya reprimanded the US company by saying, "You can't play with the privacy of our country... We will not allow you to share a single digit of our data". He also said that the Company could leave India if it fails to comply with the nation’s laws.
The court was hearing a plea regarding WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy policy. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta criticised the "exploitative" policy for sharing user data for commercial purposes.
"If you can't follow our Constitution, then leave India. We won't allow any citizen's privacy to be compromised." Justice Surya told the firm.
The court also asked the firm if its policy would be understood by "... a poor woman or a roadside vendor, or someone who only speaks Tamil... will they be able to understand?"
"Sometimes even we have difficulty understanding your policies..." the court ripped into Meta and WhatsApp, "... so how will people living in rural Bihar understand them?"