New Delhi, Feb. 23 -- WhatsApp told the Supreme Court on Monday that it will fully comply with the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) directions relating to user consent for sharing data with parent company Meta under its controversial 2021 privacy policy update by 16 March. The submission was made before a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for WhatsApp, told the court that the company would adhere to the directions as modified by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) in its December 2025 ruling, in which it directed Meta to implement the regulator's safeguards within three months. The directions prohibit mandatory data shar...