Blanket ban on data sharing will hurt small biz, WhatsApp tells SC
Bengaluru, Feb. 24 -- Online messaging platform WhatsApp on Monday told the Supreme Court that it does not read users' personal messages, sell user data, or use private chats to target advertisements, asserting that all personal communications remain end-to-end encrypted and inaccessible even to the company.
At the same time, it cautioned that a blanket prohibition on any data sharing with its parent, Meta Platforms, would be detrimental in multiple ways - undermining user choice, impairing legitimate business functions, and adversely affecting thousands of small Indian enterprises that depend on digital advertising to survive. Opposing a complete embargo on data sharing, WhatsApp argued that such a restriction would be disproportionate and...
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