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Last Updated:February 03, 2026, 12:12 IST
A bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant told the US-based company, "You can't play with privacy... we will not allow you to share a single digit of our data"
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a stern warning to Meta over its 2021 privacy policy for WhatsApp.
As Solicitor General Tushar Mehta criticised the “exploitative" policy for sharing user data for commercial purposes, Chief Justice Surya Kant responded: “If you can’t follow our Constitution, then leave India. We won’t allow any citizen’s privacy to be compromised."
A bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant told the US-based company, “You can’t play with privacy… we will not allow you to share a single digit of our data".
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February 03, 2026, 12:12 IST
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