The Internet Freedom Foundation has moved the Supreme Court seeking an interim stay on Whatsapp's updated privacy policy and guidelines to safeguard the personal data and privacy of over 400 million Indian WhatsApp users.
The intervention application is filed in special leave petition filed by Karmanya Singh Sareen and Shreya Sethi in 2017, challenging the 2016 privacy policy of the company. The matter is being heard by a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court.
In the instant application filed though
Advocate TVS Raghavendra Sreyas, IFF has stated that the 2021 Policy of Whatsapp is highly invasive and has been unilaterally forced upon Indian internet users.