New Delhi (SunstarTV Bureau): Amid a biased privacy concept been launched by WhatsApp, the Central government told the Delhi High Court that the popular messaging app is treating Indian users differently from its European ones opting out of its new privacy policy.
“It was also a matter of concern that Indian users were being ‘unilaterally’ subjected to the change in privacy policy by social networking platform WhatsApp,” Central government to High Court on Monday.
The submission was made by Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma before Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva during hearing a petition by a lawyer against the WhatsApp’s new privacy policy.
According to Sharma’s statement, “by not giving Indian users the option to opt out of sharing their data with other companies of Facebook, WhatsApp prima facie appears to be treating users with an ‘all or nothing approach’.”
“This leverages the social significance of WhatsApp to force users into a bargain which may infringe on their interests in information privacy and information security,” he further added before court amid hearing.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for WhatsApp, told the court that the communication has been received and will be responded to. However, the court has listed the matter for hearing on March 1.
