New Delhi, Aug 26 The parliamentary panel on Communications and Information Technology headed by Shashi Tharoor has summoned Twitter and IRCTC over data privacy.
According to the Lok Sabha the step was “to hear the views of representatives of Twitter India on the subject of Citizen Data Security and Privacy”.
The Commission will hear the views of the individual/stakeholders/experts on issues related to digital platforms, technology and the Gig economy that relate to the issue of security and privacy of citizens’ data.
He also called for an information from IRCTC representatives on the issue of security and privacy of citizens’ data.
According to reports, IRCTC has more than 10 crore users and reports say it wants to monetize this data.
The meeting comes a day after the Pegasus panel, in its report submitted to the Supreme Court, said the presence of controversial Israeli Pegasus spyware was not conclusively proven in 29 mobile phones examined, and also the central government did not cooperate in the investigation.
The top court-appointed panel said five of the 29 mobile phones may have been infected with some malware, but that did not mean it was Pegasus spyware.
The bench, headed by retired Supreme Court judge RV Raveendran, had submitted its report to the apex court last month. The panel said the government did not fully cooperate while examining the phone for malware.
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