The Centre informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that it is presenting a new data protection measure to protect citizens’ rights, emphasising that citizens’ rights are sacred and must be protected. Karmanya Singh Sareen and Shreya Sethi, two students, challenged WhatsApp’s agreement with Meta to give access to calls, texts, photos, videos, and documents shared by users in a petition that was being heard by the Supreme Court. The measure, according to the petitioners, violates their right to privacy and free speech.
WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy policy is the subject of a hearing before a five-judge constitution bench, presided over by Justice K M Joseph, to determine if the policy infringes users’ rights to privacy under Article 21.
