Amazon refuses to appear before Joint Committee of Parliament on Data Protection Bill
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The panel has summoned officers of micro-blogging website Twitter on October 28, and Google and Paytm on October 29.
E-commerce big Amazon has refused to appear before the Joint Committee of Parliament on the Data Protection Bill on October 28 and this quantities to breach of privilege, panel chairperson and BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi mentioned on Friday.
Ms. Lekhi mentioned that “the panel is unanimous in its opinion that coercive action can be suggested to the government against the e-commerce company.”
“Amazon has refused to appear before the panel on October 28 and if no one on behalf of the e-commerce company appears before the panel it amounts to breach of privilege,” she informed PTI.
Meanwhile, Facebook’s coverage head Ankhi Das appeared before the panel on the problem of knowledge safety on Friday.
Facebook India representatives have been requested some robust and looking questions by the members of the panel, sources mentioned.
During the assembly, a member urged that the social media big shouldn’t draw inferences from the information of its customers for business advantages of its advertisers.
The panel has summoned officers of micro-blogging website Twitter on October 28, and Google and Paytm on October 29.
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