New Delhi: WhatsApp on Friday told the Delhi High Court that until the data protection bill came into force, it will not force users to choose a new privacy policy because it has been postponed.
Appearing for an instant messaging platform, Harish Salve’s senior advocate said, “We voluntarily agreed to delay it (policy) on …
We will not force people to accept.” WhatsApp also clarified that it would not limit functionality for users who did not choose the new privacy policy in the meantime.
Last month, the court refused to stay the notification competition commission that asked Facebook and WhatsApp to provide certain information with respect to the probe ordered by the new Privacy Policy instant messaging.
In their application filed compared to being delayed, Facebook and WhatsApp have been looking for a fixed CCI notification asking them to provide certain information for questions carried out by it.
Notifications issued for WhatsApp and Facebook respectively on June 4 and June 8.
This case is related to Facebook and WhatsApp appeal on the Single Judge rules reject their requests for the CCI probe ordered to the new Privacy Policy instant messaging application.
The High Court has been on May 6 issued a notification of appeal and requested the center to respond.
The High Court, in the order of June 21, noted that the additional lawyer General (ASG) was safe Lekhi and Balbir Singh, who represented CCI, proposed that even though the publication was very in line with the ongoing procedure.
Investigation, which has not yet lived in the division bench, will take substantial time to prepare a report after receipt of information called – for.
During a fight on the application, Senior Advocate Salve Harish Salve, representing WhatsApp, said the problem was that they had received new notifications on June 4 and the last date to respond was June 21.
He said the privacy policy was under the challenge at the Supreme Court and Delhi HC with a group of petitions and even the government looked into it.
Senior advocate beat Rohatgi, appearing for Facebook, saying the question here is courtesy and it is not true as the country’s highest court, namely the Supreme Court is noting this problem.
The two senior advocates have submitted that given the request with information within 15 days of receipt of notification of pain, it is clear that the DG proposes to take action against the applicants, without waiting for a decision to be delayed by the division bench, in the action of the jagi Justice, which is worthy of staying.
ASG Lekhi has opposed the proverb’s request at the stage of investigation of information furniture it will not lead to any order by CCI and notification in accordance with the investigation that does not live in a high court and that this is not the first notice of them.
Asg Singh said because there was an order of law against Facebook and Whatsapp, they should not use a high court order and said that they would not provide information sought by CCI and information should not be stopped at this stage.
The single judge on April 22 said although it would be “wise” for CCI to wait for the results of the petition in the Supreme Court and Delhi HC against the new WhatsApp Privacy Policy, not doing so that it would not make the regulator command “heresy” or “jurisdiction desire”.
The court said it did not see the benefits in Facebook and WhatsApp petitions to prohibit investigations directed by CCI.
CCI has argued before the single judge that it did not examine alleged violations of individual privacy being seen by the Supreme Court.
It argued before the court that the new Privacy Policy WhatsApp will lead to excessive data collection and “stalking” consumers for targeted advertisements to bring more users and therefore alleged misuse of dominant positions.
WhatsApp and Facebook challenged the order on March 24 CCI directed investigations into a new privacy policy.
In January, CCI himself decided to see whatsApp new privacy policies based on news reports on the same thing.
(With input from agency)
Will not force users to choose a new privacy policy: WhatsApp to HC
