The Supreme Court has given six weeks to the RBI to confirm and present a report on the compliance of data localisation norms by Facebook-owned WhatsApp. The court has also asked the government to clarify if WhatsApp needs to have a grievance officer in India. Notably, the full-scale roll-out of WhatsApp's payments service is stuck over the data localisation norms.
The Supreme Court has given six weeks to the RBI to confirm and present a report on the compliance of data localisation norms by Facebook-owned WhatsApp. The court has also asked the government to clarify if WhatsApp needs to have a grievance officer in India. Notably, the full-scale roll-out of WhatsApp's payments service is stuck over the data localisation norms.