A five-judge constitution bench has ordered that at least two full page advertisements be given in five national papers in this case. During the hearing, Ellicitor General Tushar Mehta, on behalf of the Central Government, said that in the next session of Parliament, a new proposal will be presented regarding the data protest. Will have to wait till then.
The matter is being heard in the bench of Justice KM Joseph, Justice Ajay Rastogi, Justice Aniruddha Bose, Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice CT Ravi Kumar. In the hearing held in 2018, the Supreme Court had asked the Facebook and WhatsApp authority that what information those users share with you and third parties.
During the hearing of the case, the court was told by WhatsApp that when the mobile number gets registered in WhatsApp and what kind of mobile is used. Share this information. Apart from this, no other share information was kept.
The Central Government had said in the Supreme Court that on July 31, they had formed the Shri Krishna Committee. After the report of the committee, it will be decided whether to bring the law or not. Citizens of India cannot be discriminated against citizens of other countries. There should be the same privacy policy in the country as in other countries. There is no need for interference in this matter, but there is a need for the intervention of the legislature.
Right to privacy is called a fundamental right After the decision of the constitution bench of 9 judges, a hearing was held in the constitution bench of five judges on the petition filed against sharing the data of WhatsApp to Facebook. Earlier in the hearing in the Supreme Court, the Central Government had opposed the sharing of personal data of the people of the private authority. The Center has said that sharing the database is against the rights of wildlife. Personal data is a major part of Article 21 Right to Life ie the right to wildlife.
Explain that telecom companies or social networking companies cannot easily share the data of a consumer to third parties. If companies violate consumer rights, the government has to step in and legislate. The central government is gravitating towards enacting a law to protect the data of WhatsApp, Facebook and others.
In January 2018, the Supreme Court had issued notices to the Centre, TRAI, WhatsApp and Facebook while hearing a petition filed for personal data and privacy in connection with the linking of WhatsApp’s database with Facebook, seeking replies within two weeks. It has been said in the petition that there is a matter of privacy of every person. The central government should make a rule for this. The matter of sharing data of WhatsApp with Facebook is a direct violation of the right to privacy. This matter is related to the data of 155 million people. So a rule should be made by TRAI.
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