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Traders ask govt to ban WhatsApp and Facebook over new privacy policy
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has strongly objected the new WhatsApp privacy policy through which all kinds of personal data, payment transactions, contacts, location and other vital information of a person who is using WhatsApp will be acquired by it and can be used for any purpose by WhatsApp.
In a communication sent to Minister for Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad, CAIT has demanded that the government should immediately restrict WhatsApp from implementing the new policy or put a ban on WhatsApp and its parent company Facebook.
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The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has strongly objected the new WhatsApp privacy policy through which all kinds of personal data, payment transactions, contacts, location and other vital information of a person who is using WhatsApp will be acquired by it and can be used for any purpose by WhatsApp.
In a communication sent to Minister for Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad, CAIT has demanded that the government should immediately restrict WhatsApp from implementing the new policy or put a ban on WhatsApp and its parent company Facebook.
Facebook has more than 200 million users in India and enabling it to access data about every user by a company can pose a serious threat to not only the economy but even to the security of the country.
Traders ask govt to ban WhatsApp and Facebook
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Sun, Jan 10 2021 13:48 IST |
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New Delhi, Jan 10 : The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has strongly objected the new WhatsApp privacy policy through which all kinds of personal data, payment transactions, contacts, location and other vital information of a person who is using WhatsApp will be acquired by it and can be used for any purpose by WhatsApp.
In a communication sent to Minister for Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad, CAIT has demanded that the government should immediately restrict WhatsApp from implementing the new policy or put a ban on WhatsApp and its parent company Facebook.
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Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has alleged that Flipkart and Amazon are in violation of FEMA rules and FDI policy by adopting illegal structuring/investments and practices.
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The Confederation of All India Traders’ complaints against e-commerce giants Flipkart and Amazon have been forwarded by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) to the Enforcement Directorate and the Reserve Bank of India “for necessary action.”
DPIIT forwarded four complaints by the traders’ body to the two agencies saying CAIT had alleged that e-commerce companies were in violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) rules and FDI policy by adopting illegal structuring/investments and practices.