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Privacy row: Delhi high court seeks CCI stand on Facebook, WhatsApp appeals

Started by devikad, May 06, 2021, 04:27 PM

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Privacy row: Delhi high court seeks CCI stand on Facebook, WhatsApp appeals



The Delhi high court on Thursday asked the Competition Commission of India to reply on the appeals of Facebook and WhatsApp against a single judge order dismissing their pleas against the probe CCI ordered into the instant messaging app's new privacy policy.

A bench of chief justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh issued notice to the CCI which had ordered the probe and sought its response by May 21, the next date of hearing.

The single judge on April 22 had said though it would have been "prudent" for the CCI to await the outcome of petitions in the Supreme Court and the Delhi high court against WhatsApp's new privacy policy, not doing so would not make the regulator's order "perverse" or "wanting of jurisdiction".

The court had said it saw no merit in the petitions of Facebook and WhatsApp to interdict the investigation directed by the CCI.

The CCI had contended before the single judge that it was not examining the alleged violation of individuals' privacy which was being looked into by the Supreme Court.

Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/privacy-row-delhi-high-court-seeks-cci-stand-on-facebook-whatsapp-appeals-101620284508421.html