You can’t play with right to privacy in this country: SC pulls up WhatsApp, Meta
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed serious concern over the way social media platforms WhatsApp and Meta shared the data of private individuals in the name of “data sharing,” and came down heavily on the companies, stating, “You can’t play with the right to privacy in this country.”
A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant observed that WhatsApp and Meta must strictly follow Indian laws. “You have to follow the rules of the country. We will not allow to share a single piece of information You can’t play with the right to privacy in this country. You might have taken the data of millions of persons.This is a decent way of committing theft of private information. We will not allow you to use it,” the bench said.
