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6 September 2017
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| Whatsapp and Facebook (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions) |
The
Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Whatsapp and Facebook to file an affidavit
within four weeks specifying whether they were sharing the data with any
third-party entity. The Total
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Senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Arvind
Datar, representing Whatsapp and Facebook respectively, said they were not
sharing user data with any entity.
Later, Sibal said that they were only sharing
details like 'last seen', telephone number and device details. The Total Investment & Insurance
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The
petitioners, who have challenged the Whatsapp privacy policy, claimed in the
court that Whatsapp was sharing data of their users with Facebook and various
third-party entities. The Total
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A committee to deliberate on the issue of
data protection in India has been set up under the chairmanship of former apex
court judge Justice B N Srikrishna and a law can be evolved after it submits
its report, the Centre told the Supreme Court.
The government told the court that there was
all the possibility for a law to be passed to regulate data protection in the
country after the panel comes up with its report. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta,
appearing for the Centre, told a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief
Justice Dipak Misra that the committee, which comprises experts from the field,
would make specific recommendations to the government after going through
various facets of data protection.
The court then fixed the matter for hearing
on November 28.The Total Investment
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