NEW DELHI: Defending the decision to investigate WhatsAppThe Competition Commission of India (CCI) told Delhi HC on Monday that the news service has not yet withdrawn. Privacy policy of 2021. Seeking HC’s nod to go ahead without hindrance probe, CCI said the scope of their investigation did not overlap with the alleged user privacy violation pending prior to Supreme Court.
CCI filed in HC following appeals by WhatsApp LLC and Facebook Inc against a single judge’s order dismissing their challenge to the investigation requested by CCI in its updated privacy policy. instant messaging platform. In January of last year, CCI decided to review WhatsApp’s updated privacy on its own policy based on the same related news reports. WhatsApp and Facebook subsequently objected to HC’s decision to investigate, saying the matter related to their new policy was pending review before HC and the Supreme Court.
However, the sole judge on April 22 last year refused to block the investigation. The CCI defended its move to probe Facebook’s parent company as well as its concerns over WhatsApp’s privacy policy, saying the company was previously the parent company of the messaging platform and could be “capable of data mining”. being shared”.
The WhatsApp advisor has informed HC that the “status quo” is being maintained for users who have not opted in to the policy update and that the CCI investigation should be adjourned as the validity of the privacy policy is being checked. before the Supreme Court and the High Court.
Last week, senior supporter Harish Salve, representing WhatsApp, filed that it was challenging CCI’s jurisdiction to probe a policy that has now been upheld and because the government is in the process of bringing it up. the Data Protection Bill.
Senior Supporter Mukul Rohatgi, which appeared for Facebook Inc (now Meta Platforms), argued that there was not even official documentation in this case. and the CCI cannot investigate it in an “escalating fashion”.
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