WhatsApp, Meta assure SC of compliance with NCLAT order on data privacy rules

Meta Platforms Inc. and WhatsApp told the Supreme Court that they will comply with directions of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) extending Competition Commission of India (CCI) privacy and consent safeguards to advertising-related data, even as their legal challenge remains pending, PTI reported.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi was hearing appeals filed by the tech giants against the NCLAT’s directions issued in December last year. The ...