The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from technology companies Google, Facebook, Whatsapp and Amazon, on a plea seeking directions to ensure that data collected of Indian citizens on Unified Payments Interface platforms, or online payment apps, is not misused by these corporations, Bar and Bench reported.
A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian was hearing a plea filed by Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam, seeking directions to the Reserve Bank of India and the National Payments Corporation of India in the matter, according to PTI.
In October last year, the court had issued a notice to the companies and the Centre. However, in Monday’s hearing, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Viswam pointed out that the companies have not filed any formal response, Bar and Bench reported. The Supreme Court then issued formal notices to the four companies and said that if they fail to reply, the allegation made in the plea will be…