Indian Supreme Court Warns Meta, WhatsApp Over Misuse of Citizen Data, Citing Privacy Concerns
Summary
The Indian Supreme Court has warned Meta and WhatsApp against misusing Indian citizens' data and criticized their complex privacy policies, ordering the government to be included in the case.
Key Points
- The Indian Supreme Court warned Meta Platforms and WhatsApp against misusing personal data of Indian citizens.
- Chief Justice S.A. Bobde criticized WhatsApp's complex opt-out policy and called it coercive.
- The court described WhatsApp's data-sharing as a 'polite way of stealing private information.'
- The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has been ordered to join the case involving data security and law effectiveness.
