Parliamentary Standing Committee on information technology Headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor summoned senior executives of social media Twitter giant and officials of Indian Corporation for Catering and Tourism (IRCTC) on Friday on The issue of Security and privacy of citizens’ data.
The meeting will take place a day after the Supreme Technical Court’s announcement panel appointed by her to investigate unauthorized persons use of Pegasus has found Some malware in five mobile phones out of The 29 were examined but it could not be concluded that it was due to Israeli spyware.
Parliament panel detained in the background of Reports that a former head of security in social media The company submitted complaints with US officials allege that the company misled regulators about its own cybersecurity and defenses problems with fake accounts.
However, Twitter said it was a file false Narration, allegations and opportunistic timing appear designed to me capture Attention and damage on The company, its customers and its shareholders.
many of media Reports claimed that former head of Twitter Security at Peiter Zatko also Twitter allegedly knowingly allowed Indians government to me place its agents on Company payroll where they had “directly without supervision access company systems and user data.
On Wednesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out in the center over The issue. He tweeted a related report, saying: “Intrusion, threats and theft are the foundations of “Ameritkal” promised by the Prime Minister.
The panel Meetings have been held with various stakeholders, including tech companies, social media companies ministries and other organizers on The issue of Security and privacy of citizens’ data.
claims against IRCTC
IRCTC, which has more From 10 crores user, of Which is Rs 7.5 crores active Users, tender launched to hire consultant to monetize passenger and freight customer data to generate revenue up to me R1,000 crores.
PTI news agency, citing sources in The panelI mentioned that issue will be taken up for Discussion in the meeting with IRCTC officials.
According to the IRCTC tender document, the data to be studied will include information seized by carrier various public-facing Apps like “Name and Age mobile Number, gender, address, email ID and category of Flight, payment method, record in or password” and other details.
a senior official In IRCTC claimed that media The reports were completely bogus and the company does not sell its data and there is no intention to do such things.
The official also He said that IRCTC does not store Which financial data of its clients on that it system server, at that time of online Pay for that it various Services, control is passed on to the respective payment gateway or bank for paying off.
(with inputs from PTI and ANI)
