Leave India if You Can't Respect Privacy": SC Slams WhatsApp & Meta
On February 3, 2026, Chief Justice Surya Kant delivered a stinging rebuke to tech giants WhatsApp and Meta, labeling their data-sharing policy as a "decent way of committing theft." Addressing the 2021 "Take it or Leave it" policy, the Supreme Court made it clear: if a company cannot respect the Indian Constitution and the privacy of its citizens, it has no place in India. This landmark hearing sets a new benchmark for the Digital Personal Data Protection Act and redefined data as personal property rather than just information.



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