New Delhi: The central government on Friday urged the Delhi High Court to restrain WhatsApp from implementing its new privacy policy.
“It is humbly prayed that the Respondent No. 2 [WhatsApp] may be restrained from implementing its new privacy policy and terms of service dated 04.01.2021 from 08.02.2021 or any subsequent date pending adjudication by this Hon’ble Court,” the government stated in an affidavit.
On February 2, the court had sought the Central Government’s response on a petition challenging the new privacy policy of social networking platform WhatsApp.
Notably, WhatsApp has asked users to either give their consent to sharing data with Facebook or lose their accounts after February 8. The policy was, however, put on hold till May 15 due to a massive backlash by the users.
The petitioners, Dr. Seema Singh, through Advocate Meghan Singh, argued that the impact of the WhatsApp policy can cause a catastrophe with respect to the data of the citizens.
The plea submitted that the fissures in law with respect to data are quite conspicuous and a framework to regulate the same is the need of the hour.
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