WhatsApp, Centre Gets Supreme Court Notice on Plea Over Lower Privacy Standards for Indian Users

 WhatsApp, Centre Gets Supreme Court Notice on Plea Over Lower Privacy Standards for Indian Users

Users have grave apprehensions that they will lose their privacy and it is our duty to protect them, the Supreme Court s

The apex court issued notice to the Facebook-owned app on an interim application

HIGHLIGHTS

• The apex court issued notice to the government
• Citizens have great apprehension about loss of their privacy
• The petitioner alleged there is huge metadata which is shared for profit

The Supreme Court Monday asked the Centre and WhatsApp to reply to a fresh plea alleging lower standards of privacy for Indians in comparison to European users saying it is the duty of the judiciary to protect citizens' privacy.

People have grave apprehensions that they will lose their privacy and it is our duty to protect them, the top court said.

"You may be two or three trillion companies but people value their privacy more than money," a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde told WhatsApp even as it sought to argue that Europe has special data protection laws which India doesn't. aid.