Indian Supreme Court seeks response from WhatsApp, govt over non-security of data, conversations
From: ZeeNews
New Delhi: SC has issued notice to Centre and Facebook-owned WhatsApp over non-security of data and conversations on Whatsapp and has sought response in 2 weeks time.
Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud were hearing plea on WhatsApp’s privacy policy, and gave notice on plea seeking government’s regulation of online messaging. The petitioner contended that under the new policy of WhatsApp, the online messaging service could access, read, share and use the contents for commercial purposes.
The court also issued notices to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
Print article |