SUPREME COURT SLAMS WHAT'S APP, META OVER PRIVACY POLICY, SET TO PASS INTERIM ORDER ON FEBRUARY, 9

The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily on Meta platforms Inc and WhatsApp while hearing their Appeals against a competition Commission of India order imposing a penalty of rupees 213.14 Crore over the privacy policy, saying tech giants cannot "play with the right to privacy of citizens in the name of data sharing" A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said that it will pass an interim order on February 9 and the top Court ordered that the Ministry of electronics and information technology be made party to the petitions. It was hearing appeals filed by Meta and WhatsApp against a National company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) judgement that upheld the CCIs findings of abuse of dominance, while granting limited relief n advertising-related data sharing. The Court further said that, You can't play with the right of privacy of this country in the name of data sharing, The Court will not allow to share a single word of the data, either you give an undertaking, as you can not violate the right of privacy of citizens. The Chief Justice further stated that the right to privacy is zealously guarded in the country and noted that the privacy terms are, so cleverly crafted that a common man cannot understand them. As such this is a decent way of committing theft of the private information, we will not allow you to do so and you have to give an undertaking, otherwise, we have to pass an order, the Chief Justice further said:-- Er Fateh chand Guleria, Director RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh phone number, 9459334377