Twitter, IRCTC Summoned by Shashi Tharoor-Led Parliamentary Panel Over Information Safety

Twitter and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Company (IRCTC) has been requested to seem earlier than the Congress MP Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary Standing Committee on Info Know-how on Friday. The microblogging website and railway ticketing app have been summoned to debate issues over “residents’ information safety and privateness”. The parliamentary assembly comes days after the centre withdrew Private Information Safety (PDP) Invoice, 2019. It’ll now get replaced it with a brand new invoice.

As knowledgeable to PTI by sources, the Tharoor-led parliamentary panel will query Twitter on its administration and composition. The social media platform may also be questioned about whether or not it has prolonged favours to a selected political get together.

In the meantime, the IRCTC, with greater than 10 crore customers, has employed a marketing consultant to monetise passenger information. The panel might search solutions for the rationale to rent a marketing consultant. IRCTC may also be questioned concerning the tender floated to rent for the marketing consultant’s job, the sources stated.

In response to the sources, the Tharoor-led panel has been holding conferences with varied stakeholders relating to information safety and privateness. These embody tech corporations, social media companies, ministries, and different regulators. The panel is prone to finalise its report earlier than August 30.

Earlier this month, the union authorities led by Info and Know-how Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw introduced to withdraw the Private Information Safety (PDP) Invoice, 2019. This laws shall be now changed with a “complete invoice” for “modern digital privateness legal guidelines”.