No Data Sharing Mechanism With Investors Google & Facebook: Jio Tells Parliamentary Committee

This comes after the Executives officials of the Indian tech giant deposed before the committee on Wednesday were asked if there was any data-sharing mechanism between the company and Facebook and Google, which are among its investors.

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Mumbai: Officials of Jio Platforms Ltd and Reliance Jio Infocomm on Wednesday told the Parliamentary Committee that they do not have any data sharing mechanism with Google and Facebook which are its investors, looking into the issue of data safety.  This comes after the Executives officials of the Indian tech giant deposed before the committee on Wednesday were asked if there was any data-sharing mechanism between the company and Facebook and Google, which are among its investors. Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Meenakshi Lekhi, who is heading the committee said, "It was asked to Jio executives that does the company have any data-sharing mechanism with Google and Facebook and its users, to which the representatives of the telecom firm declined and informed that both tech players are its financial investors." As per the sources from the committee, the officials testified before the committee that they are in favor of data privacy. They even assured the Parliamentary Committee that Reliance would not share the available personal data of their customers with any third party. Sources said that in its deposition, Reliance has said it favors data protection and its localization in India, as opposed to Facebook's stand on this issue. Over the data security issue, the Parliamentary Joint Committee even warned the officials that they must avoid any conflict of interest while dealing with the Personal Data of their customers. ALSO READ,

Earlier, representatives of major cab aggregators Ola and Uber have been called to appear before the panel on November 5. Representatives of Airtel and Truecaller are scheduled to depose before the panel separately the next day. The new proposed law seeks to bar on storing and processing of personal data by entities without the explicit consent of an individual. Following Congress's concerns over the 2019 bill, the committee is looking into the matter and involving all stakeholders for an overview. WATCH | Watch top 25 news of the day in fatafat style