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SC issues notices to Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, Amazon on plea seeking data protection on UPI apps

The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from technology companies, 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,

In December last year, the RBI had told the Supreme Court in an affidavit that it has no responsibility to conduct an audit of members of United Payments Interface ecosystem and that the onus lies with NPCI.