5/30/2023 0 Comments Facebook inc. whatsapp inc.The SLP was initially heard by a Division Bench and later a Constitution Bench. Thereafter, the petitioners filed an SLP at the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court judgment. It held that it is always open to the existing users of WhatsApp who do not want to share their information to delete their accounts. However, information shared via WhatsApp messenger after September 25th was allowed to be shared under the new policy. The Court, however, directed WhatsApp to delete the data, until September 25th 2016, of users who choose to delete the application as well as users who choose to retain the application on the mobile phones. On September 23rd 2016, a two-judge Bench of the Delhi High Court rejected the petition. This was when Karmanya Singh and Shreya Sethi decided to challenge the privacy policy in the Delhi High Court. The new policy would come into effect after September 25, 2016. The new policy says that account information of users including users’ phone number and contact details. Whatsapp acknowledged that their privacy policy will not change. Yet, in August 2016, Whatsapp announced a change in their privacy policy. In 2014, WhatsApp was bought by Facebook. They argued that, by sharing private data of its users with Facebook and all its group companies, WhatsApp threatens the right to privacy of its users. They voiced an urgent need to protect the data of Indians who use internet messaging applications such as Whatsapp. Karmanya Singh and Shreya Sethi filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court challenging the 2016 privacy policy of WhatsApp.
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