Delhi HC defers hearing till Sept on pleas against WhatsApp privacy policy

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday deferred a hearing till September on a batch of petitions challenging the 2021 privacy policy of the instant messaging application WhatsApp.

A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad was informed by the parties that similar issues were pending consideration before the Supreme Court.

The high court also adjourned on similar grounds hearing till September on pleas by Facebook and WhatsApp challenging the new IT rules for social media intermediaries requiring the messaging app to “trace” chats and make provisions to identify the first originator of the information.