‘No urgency needed’: Delhi HC on pleas challenging WhatsApp’s privacy policy

The Delhi high court on Thursday remarked “there is no urgency now” on pleas challenging WhatsApp’s privacy policy as the Facebook-owned messaging platform has already informed the high court it “would not transfer data” to Facebook till India enacts the proposed data protection law. A two-judge bench, comprising chief justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh, also recalled WhatsApp’s statement to it on July 9 clarifying it won’t block accounts of those not accepting its privacy policy “for the time being.”

“We said we will not block,” senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for WhatsApp, reiterated during Thursday’s hearing. However, senior advocate Vivek Sood, appearing for one of the petitioners,