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No privacy on FB, WhatsApp: SC seeks response to plea
January 16, 2017
The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre, Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and social media platform Facebook
over a plea seeking privacy on data.
Seeking a reply in two
weeks, the apex court asked the government, Facebook and Whatsapp to
respond to the plea for privacy policy for social media networks.
"WhatsApp is a free facility, don't use it if concerned about privacy," the apex court observed.
The petitioner told the Supreme Court that WhatsApp has become a utility service and user data needs to be safeguarded.
A petition filed before the Supreme Court has claimed that there is no protection of data on Facebook and WhatsApp.
According
to the petitioner, there are 157 million users on WhatsApp and
Facebook, therefore the service provided by the social network and
messaging app should be considered as a public utility service.
In
September 2016, the Delhi High Court had ordered WhatsApp to delete the
data of users who had deleted the messaging app from their devices.
Additionally, not share these users' data with Facebook
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