Standing Committee on IT to hear from WhatsApp representatives on data privacy issue
By MYBRANDBOOK
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology that is pursuing the issue of data privacy and the WhatsApp breach case has asked the representatives of the messaging app to depose before it on the issue.
The committee is also scheduled to listen to cyber security experts and representatives from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Home Ministry, and Delhi’s Chief Secretary. The topic is listed as “citizens data security and privacy”.
In October, it had been reported that the WhatsApp accounts of 121 Indian citizens had been surveilled through Pegasus - a software developed by Israeli cyber firm NSO Group. The group has thereafter claimed that it only offers it services to government agencies.
The committee had its first hearing in November, where sharp political differences emerged as BJP members objected to the committee having jurisdiction over the topic, citing parliamentary procedure rules. It is learnt that 12 non-BJP members, including from BJP-allied parties, voted to discuss the matter, while 12 BJP members voted against it.
At this meeting, it was learnt that the IT Ministry laid out the known facts of the WhatsApp breach case, and the legal parameters allowing government surveillance of mobile phones.
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