Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Action Against Google Pay's Alleged Unauthorized Use & Storage Of Users' Aadhar Details
3 years, 4 months ago

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Action Against Google Pay's Alleged Unauthorized Use & Storage Of Users' Aadhar Details

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The Delhi High Court today issued notices on a Public Interest Litigation, seeking action against Google Pay allegedly for having unauthorized access and storage of the Aadhar and banking information of the citizens.A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing the plea filed by one Abhijit Mishra, which alleges that Google Pay, a united payment interface for. The Delhi High Court today issued notices on a Public Interest Litigation, seeking action against Google Pay allegedly for having unauthorized access and storage of the Aadhar and banking information of the citizens. A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing the plea filed by one Abhijit Mishra, which alleges that Google Pay, a united payment interface for all banks, violates Article 21 of the Constitution of India, Aadhar Act 2016, Payments and Settlement Systems Act 2007, and Banking Regulations Act 1949. Neither has UIDAI received information from the RBI that it has given permission to Google Pay for access, use, and store the citizen's Aadhar details or the database.

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9 months, 1 week ago

Location sharing of accused as bail condition: SC directs Google to explain how its PIN location-sharing work

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed Google to explain and let the court to understand as to how its PIN location-sharing feature on its Map works. The SC asked Google to apprise it, and did so, as the top court said, it would examine later whether sharing location as a pre-condition of bail to an accused person would …

Delhi HC rejects PILs seeking Google Pay ban over regulatory and privacy concerns
1 year, 4 months ago

Delhi HC rejects PILs seeking Google Pay ban over regulatory and privacy concerns

Firstpost  

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Google Pay enables Aadhaar-based authentication for UPI activation
1 year, 7 months ago

Google Pay enables Aadhaar-based authentication for UPI activation

The Hindu  

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How to use Aadhaar-based authentication for UPI activation on Google Pay?

India TV News  

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Indian Government plans action against Google after antitrust breaches
1 year, 7 months ago

Indian Government plans action against Google after antitrust breaches

The Hindu  

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Google billing policy: Tech giant moves Delhi HC against single judge order
1 year, 8 months ago

Google billing policy: Tech giant moves Delhi HC against single judge order

Hindustan Times  

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Decide plea against Google’s new billing policy by April 26, Delhi HC orders CCI
1 year, 8 months ago

Decide plea against Google’s new billing policy by April 26, Delhi HC orders CCI

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday told the Competition Commission of India to decide a complaint filed by Alliance of Digital India Foundation, an industry body of Indian startups, against Google’s new user-choice billing policy and decide the same by April 26. ADIF contends that the UCB was a cloaked version of the GPBS, which projects the hoax …

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Shark Tank judge Anupam Mittal calls Google ‘Digital East India company’

Live Mint  

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Indian startups go to court to stop Google’s new in-app billing system
1 year, 9 months ago

Indian startups go to court to stop Google’s new in-app billing system

Live Mint  

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‘World is watching’: Centre tells SC on Google’s plea to stay ₹1,337 cr penalty
1 year, 11 months ago

‘World is watching’: Centre tells SC on Google’s plea to stay ₹1,337 cr penalty

Hindustan Times  

The Centre told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the world is watching India on how it deals with U.S tech giant Google’s plea to seek a stay on a whopping ₹1,337 crore penalty imposed on the company for abusing its dominant position in the Android ecosystem as the top court agreed to take up the company’s application seeking stay …

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2 years, 2 months ago

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News 18  

Google India has claimed that it remains committed to its users in the country and is reviewing the decision to take the next steps towards its latest order from the Competition Commission of India on Tuesday. The search engine giant has been penalised for its anti-trust policies where app developers are mandatorily asked to push for payments via the Google …

Delhi High Court Closes Google's Plea Against Competition Commission Of India Alleging Leak Of Confidential Report
3 years, 3 months ago

Delhi High Court Closes Google's Plea Against Competition Commission Of India Alleging Leak Of Confidential Report

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday closed the petition filed by Google India against the alleged leak of a confidential report, prepared by the investigative arm of Competition Commission of India over the company's alleged anti-competitive practices after taking on record the stand of CCI that it has no objection to accept all requests of Google in regards of confidentiality.Taking …

Delhi High Court Seeks Response Of Centre, UIDAI On Plea Seeking Mechanism For Issuing New Aadhar Numbers To Existing Users
3 years, 6 months ago

Delhi High Court Seeks Response Of Centre, UIDAI On Plea Seeking Mechanism For Issuing New Aadhar Numbers To Existing Users

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought response of the Centre and Unique Identification Authority of India in a plea seeking mechanism and procedure for issuance of new Aadhar numbers to existing users as per Section 23 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016.Justice Rekha Palli issued notice on a plea filed by a businessman who. The Delhi High Court on Tuesday …

PIL Seeks Action Against Google for Allegedly Storing Aadhaar Details via Google Pay
4 years ago

PIL Seeks Action Against Google for Allegedly Storing Aadhaar Details via Google Pay

News 18  

A PIL has been moved in the Delhi High Court alleging that Google’s online payment system, G Pay, was unauthorisedly accessing, using and storing Aadhaar and banking information of citizens in violation of various statutory provisions. Mishra, a financial economist, has claimed in his plea that G Pay was accessing Aadhaar data in alleged violation of the Aadhaar Act of …

Delhi High Court Seeks Reply From RBI, SEBI, NPCI On Plea Seeking Regulation Of GooglePay, AmazonPay, PhonePe Etc
4 years, 1 month ago

Delhi High Court Seeks Reply From RBI, SEBI, NPCI On Plea Seeking Regulation Of GooglePay, AmazonPay, PhonePe Etc

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought reply from the Ministry of Law, Finance Ministry, RBI, SEBI, and National Payments Corporation of India on a public interest litigation seeking regulation of the entry and operations of "tec-fin" companies like GooglePay, AmazonPay, PhonePe and others. The petition, which has been filed by an applied economist, Reshmi P Bhaskaran, seeks the High …

CCI Directs Investigation Against Google Pay For Alleged Abuse Of Dominant Position [Read Order]
4 years, 2 months ago

CCI Directs Investigation Against Google Pay For Alleged Abuse Of Dominant Position [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Competition Commission of India has ordered investigation against Google Pay for alleged abuse of dominant position. The Commission expressed a prima facie view that mandatory use of Google Play store's payment system for paid apps & in-app purchases restricts the choice available to the app developers to select a payment processing system of their choice especially considering when Google …

India's Antitrust Body Orders Investigation Into Google Payments App, In-App Billing
4 years, 2 months ago

India's Antitrust Body Orders Investigation Into Google Payments App, In-App Billing

News 18  

India’s antitrust body on Monday ordered an investigation into allegations that Alphabet’s Google was abusing its market position to promote its payments app as well as forcing app developers to use its in-app payment system. In its 39-page order, the CCI said Google’s agreements with some smartphone makers to have the Google Pay app pre-installed might “disturb the level playing …

India's Antitrust Body Orders Investigation Into Google Payments App, In-App Billing
4 years, 2 months ago

India's Antitrust Body Orders Investigation Into Google Payments App, In-App Billing

News 18  

India’s antitrust body on Monday ordered an investigation into allegations that Alphabet’s Google was abusing its market position to promote its payments app as well as forcing app developers to use its in-app payment system. In its 39-page order, the CCI said Google’s agreements with some smartphone makers to have the Google Pay app pre-installed might “disturb the level playing …

CCI Orders Probe Against Google for Alleged Unfair Business Practices with Respect to Google Pay
4 years, 2 months ago

CCI Orders Probe Against Google for Alleged Unfair Business Practices with Respect to Google Pay

News 18  

The Competition Commission of India on Monday ordered a detailed probe against internet giant Google for alleged unfair business practices with respect to Google Pay as well as Google Play’s payment system. According to the regulator, it is of “the prima facie view that said conduct of Google amounts to imposition of unfair and discriminatory condition, denial of market access …

Google Pay: Delhi HC seeks Centre, RBI response on plea alleging guideline violation
4 years, 4 months ago

Google Pay: Delhi HC seeks Centre, RBI response on plea alleging guideline violation

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Delhi High court on Monday sought response from Centre, Reserve Bank of India and others on a plea for directions to Google Pay to ensure immediate compliance of data localisation norms, data storage and data sharing norms. The plea filed by advocate Abhishek Sharma alleges that the company is storing personal sensitive user data in contravention of …

Google Pay Is A Third Party App Which Operates Within the Regime Set Up By National Payments Corporation of India: Google Informs Delhi HC
4 years, 5 months ago

Google Pay Is A Third Party App Which Operates Within the Regime Set Up By National Payments Corporation of India: Google Informs Delhi HC

Live Law  

Google India has informed the Delhi High Court that Google Pay is a third party application for providing United Payments Interface service to various banks and it works within the regime and as per the guidelines of National Payments Corporation of India. The information was provided to the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan in …

All transactions fully protected under RBI, NPCI guidelines: Google Pay
4 years, 6 months ago

All transactions fully protected under RBI, NPCI guidelines: Google Pay

The Hindu  

Google Pay on Wednesday said all transactions made through its platform are fully protected by redressal processes laid out in the guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India and the National Payments Corporation of India. Earlier this month, RBI told the Delhi High Court that Google Pay is a third party app provider and does not operate any payment …

Google Pay says all transactions are fully protected by redressal processes laid out by RBI, NPCI
4 years, 6 months ago

Google Pay says all transactions are fully protected by redressal processes laid out by RBI, NPCI

Firstpost  

The statement comes against the backdrop of social media buzz that issues that might arise while transferring money through Google Pay cannot be redressed under law as the app is unauthorised. Earlier, RBI told the Delhi High Court that Google Pay is a third party app provider and does not operate any payment systems. The spokesperson noted that all transactions …

Google faces antitrust case in India
4 years, 7 months ago

Google faces antitrust case in India

The Hindu  

The Competition Commission of India is looking into allegations that Alphabet Inc’s Google is abusing its market position to unfairly promote its mobile payments app in the country, five sources familiar with the case told Reuters. The complaint alleges the U.S. tech giant more prominently showcases its Google Pay app inside its Android app store in India, giving it an …

Google faces antitrust case in India to unfairly promote its mobile payments app in country
4 years, 7 months ago

Google faces antitrust case in India to unfairly promote its mobile payments app in country

Firstpost  

India’s antitrust body is looking into allegations that Alphabet Inc’s Google is abusing its market position to unfairly promote its mobile payments app in the country, five sources familiar with the case told Reuters New Delhi: India’s antitrust body is looking into allegations that Alphabet Inc’s Google is abusing its market position to unfairly promote its mobile payments app in …

Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Suspension of Google Pay And An Independent Inquiry on Its Operations [Read Order]
4 years, 8 months ago

Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Suspension of Google Pay And An Independent Inquiry on Its Operations [Read Order]

Live Law  

Delhi High Court has issued notice in plea seeking a direction to Reserve Bank of India to suspend the operations of Google Pay until it completely complies with every direction/guideline issued by the National Payments Corporation of India and the RBI itself. 5 which is provisioning its services by way of "Google Pay" in India Direct the RBI and Centre …

How is Google’s GPay operating without authorisation, Delhi HC asks RBI
5 years, 9 months ago

How is Google’s GPay operating without authorisation, Delhi HC asks RBI

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Reserve Bank of India how could Google’s mobile payment app, Google Pay, operate in India as a payment transaction system without the requisite authorisation. Data storage It pointed out that the RBI’s April 2018 Master Circular on Storage of Payment System Data mandated that “all system providers shall ensure that the entire …

How is Google's GPay operating without authorisation: Delhi HC asks RBI
5 years, 9 months ago

How is Google's GPay operating without authorisation: Delhi HC asks RBI

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI :The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Reserve Bank of India how Google's mobile payment app, GPay, was facilitating financial transactions without the requisite authorisation from it. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A J Bhambhani posed the query to RBI while hearing a PIL which claimed that GPay was acting as a payments …

How Is Google's GPay Operating Without Authorisation: Delhi HC Asks RBI
5 years, 9 months ago

How Is Google's GPay Operating Without Authorisation: Delhi HC Asks RBI

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Reserve Bank of India how Google's mobile payment app, GPay, was facilitating financial transactions without the requisite authorisation from it. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A J Bhambhani posed the query to RBI while hearing a PIL which claimed that GPay was acting as a payments system provider …

Aadhaar data breach: HC grants more time to UIDAI to file response
6 years, 1 month ago

Aadhaar data breach: HC grants more time to UIDAI to file response

The Quint  

New Delhi, Nov 19 The Delhi High Court on Tuesday allowed the Unique Identification Authority of India's plea seeking more time to file a response on a plea seeking exemplary damages for the losses caused due to leakage of Aadhaar data. The court was hearing a plea filed by Shamnad Basheer through advocate Siddharth Aggarwal alleging that the dissemination of …

Linking Social Media A/C To Aadhaar: Madras HC Tells YouTube, Google LLC To Enter Appearance Even As Notice Served On Google India
6 years, 2 months ago

Linking Social Media A/C To Aadhaar: Madras HC Tells YouTube, Google LLC To Enter Appearance Even As Notice Served On Google India

Live Law  

In no mood to delay the proceedings in a PIL revolving around linking online identity of users with Aadhaar or other government-authorised ID proof and making social media companies duty-bound to assist probe agencies in criminal matters especially cyber crimes, the Madras High Court has directed Google LLC and YouTube to appear before it even as the notice issued to …

Google agrees to comply with RBI norms for payment services, but needs time: Official
6 years, 4 months ago

Google agrees to comply with RBI norms for payment services, but needs time: Official

India TV News  

Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad recently visited Google HQ during his US visit Search engine giant Google has agreed to follow the RBI's local data storage norm for payment services but wants time until December to comply with, a PTI report quoting a government source said. "Google during the US visit of Law and IT minister Ravi Shankar …

Google gets personal details through clause buried deep
6 years, 4 months ago

Google gets personal details through clause buried deep

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Google takes consent from users to store their bank account and Aadhaar numbers, a clause which is buried deep in the privacy policy of Google Pay. Google Pay's privacy policy reads, "In the event that you are a Recipient, you hereby consent Google to permit the Sender to store your information including bank account number and Aadhaar number on …

UIDAI faces suit for Aadhaar data leaks, Delhi HC seeks response
6 years, 4 months ago

UIDAI faces suit for Aadhaar data leaks, Delhi HC seeks response

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Delhi high court has agreed to hear a plea seeking damages from the operator of world’s largest biometric database for alleged failure to adopt adequate security measures that led to data leaks. A two-judge bench headed by Justice S. Ravindra Bhat of Delhi High Court has asked the Unique Identification Authority of India, which is providing digital ID …

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