SC's Privacy Judgment Casts Its Shadow Over WhatsApp's Data Sharing Policy Case [Read Order]
The WhatsApp Case, being heard by the five-Judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court, took an interesting turn today, with the Court and the counsel examining the impact of the recent landmark privacy judgment of the Court on the proceedings.At the outset, Madhavi Divan, counsel for the appellant, referred to the paragraphs in the privacy judgment, which have relevance in the. The WhatsApp Case, being heard by the five-Judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court, took an interesting turn today, with the Court and the counsel examining the impact of the recent landmark privacy judgment of the Court on the proceedings. Senior counsel, K.V.Vishwanathan, appearing for the impleaded party, referred to the paragraphs dealing with informational privacy in the privacy judgment which expressly noticed the concerns raised by the petitioner in this case. Facebook's counsel, Arvind Datar referred to Paragraph 136 in the Privacy judgment, to suggest that legislative intervention in data protection is required, in terms of the privacy judgment, as the issue is highly complex.
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