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The Supreme Court bench told counsels appearing for Facebook and WhatsApp, "You (WhatsApp and Facebook) maybe two or three trillion companies but people value their privacy more than money. It is our duty to protect their privacy."
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The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Facebook and WhatsApp and sought their response on a plea challenging WhatsApp s latest privacy policy which was introduced in January this year in India. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde observed that people s privacy must be protected in view of the allegation that users data was being shared with other companies. There is a concern that circuit of messages is revealed by WhatsApp, the apex court observed.
The Bench further said that citizens have great apprehension about loss of their privacy and they think that their data and chats being shared with others and it has to be looked into.
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice, returnable within four weeks, on an application seeking to restrain WhatsApp from implementing its new privacy policy in India and to direct it to apply the.
You may be worth 2-3 trillion but privacy is more valuable to people: SC tells Facebook, WhatsApp - "You maybe two or three trillion companies but people value their privacy more than money. It is our duty to protect their privacy," said the court.