After the Bombay High Court issued notices to the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), the central and state authorities on a public curiosity litigation (PIL) alleging that Truecaller was sharing consumer knowledge with others, the Swedish caller identification app claimed. denied, calling it “misinformation”.
The petition, which was filed by Shashank Poster, claims that the app collects knowledge of all customers and shares it with a few of its companions with out customers’ consent, after which leaves the legal responsibility on the customers. It has been alleged within the PIL that Truecaller is violating the information privateness of customers by violating the present legal guidelines of the nation.
After which Truecaller mentioned in its assertion that the PIL’s declare that Truecaller shares knowledge to sure third events that may profit them for monetary use is “misinformation”. It mentioned, “In accordance with a strategic business decision last year, Truecaller ceased offering Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payment services and has not signed up any new users on UPI since August 2019.”
“Truecaller is a privacy-focused service built on trust. We comply with data privacy laws and are prepared to comply with other data protection laws anywhere in the world. In addition, Truecaller practices ‘data minimization’ – only the data required for our service to function, nothing else,” the company said. “Truecaller does not sell or share user data. We do not sell or share user data with our users. and care deeply about their data and would like to assure them that we handle their data securely and process it in accordance with our Privacy Policy.”
The firm additionally mentioned that, “Truecaller data is secure, 100 percent stored in India (without any foreign backups or mirrors) and stored with the highest level of security.”
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice GS Kulkarni, after issuing notices to all of the respondents, adjourned the matter until July 29.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
