In his petition, Viswam also prayed that Indians’ right to privacy should be protected from being misused by giant corporations for their financial ends.
A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the Unique Identification Authority of India to take action against Google pay alleging that Google pay has unauthorized access and storage of Aadhaar data.
The Supreme Court on Monday will hear plea by Communist Party of India MP Binoy Viswam, seeking direction to the Reserve Bank of India to frame necessary regulations to make sure that Indians’ data collected on UPI platforms is not exploited by companies like Amazon, Google, and Facebook.
There is a furore over the “disappearing messages” feature on this app. This was necessitated as it is entering the payment domain through WhatsApp Pay and needs to prevent fraud.
The Bench of Chief Justice D. N. Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan, Delhi High Court today heard a PIL to hold institutions like the Reserve Bank of India and companies like Google Pay accountable for facilitating financial transactions without the requisite authorisation from RBI.