The Delhi High Court has paved the way for holding proceedings in a trial court in a defamation case filed by a journalist against a media house for publishing controversial tapped conversations of former lobbyist Niira Radia with politicians, corporates and scribes in connection with the alleged 2G spectrum allocation scam.
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a petition by Confederation of All India Traders against the new privacy policy of social media chat platform WhatsApp. We are on the privacy.
India Business News: The Centre told the Delhi high court on Monday that it is concerned about the “differential treatment” WhatsApp accords its Indian users compared to E
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January 25, 2021 16:21 IST
The privacy policy offers to European users prohibition of any information shared with Facebook, while this is not offered to Indian citizens, says the Additional Solicitor General
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The privacy policy offers to European users prohibition of any information shared with Facebook, while this is not offered to Indian citizens, says the Additional Solicitor General
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The Centre on Monday told the Delhi High Court that WhatsApp’s differential treatment of Indian users against their European users when it came to its privacy policy was a “cause for concern to the government”.
WhatsApp is a private app. If you think data is compromised, delete it, don’t use the app. It is a voluntary thing, use some other app, says Delhi high court.
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday pointed out that accepting the new data sharing policy of messaging app WhatsApp is “voluntary” and people can choose not to use or join the social networking platform if they do not agree with its terms and conditions.
“It is a private app. If you think data is compromised, delete it, don’t use the app. It is a voluntary thing, use some other app,” Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva remarked, while hearing a plea by a lawyer challenging the new policy which has been deferred till May following global outrage.