The
Center on Monday told the Delhi High Court that it sees WhatsApp's new privacy
policy as a violation of Indian Information Technology (IT) laws and
regulations and sought directions to the social media platform to clarify this.
During the hearing of several petitions challenging WhatsApp’s new privacy
policy, the central government had claimed before the bench of Chief Justice DN
Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh that the new policy had been implemented from May
15 and it was not postponed.
WhatsApp
told the bench that its new privacy policy has come into effect from May 15,
but would not start deleting the accounts of users who have not accepted it and
would try to encourage them to join the board. WhatsApp stated that there was
no universal or uniform time limit, after which it would start deleting
accounts as each user would be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
During
the hearing, the Central Government said that according to it this policy is a
violation of Indian IT laws and regulations. The center said it has written to
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the issue and is awaiting a response. Till then
there is a need to maintain the status quo in relation to the implementation of
the policy.
The
next hearing on this issue will be held on June 3.
Dr. Deepak Miglani
Email id.:- legalbuddy@gmail.com
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