The Government of India on Wednesday shot off notices for the second time to both Facebook and British data analytics and political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica (CA), seeking more details on the data breach issue, sources said.
They have now been given time till May 10 to respond, the sources, who did not wish to be identified, said.
Taking a tough stance against the “cryptic response” it got earlier this month to its first notice , the government has sent the fresh notices to CA and Facebook, containing additional questions.
The government has asked Facebook to list out its proposed security architecture “so that data concerning Indians are not pilfered or manipulated again for extraneous purposes including to influence the elections”. It also asked Facebook about the steps it plans to clamp down on any unauthorised use of data or manipulation
The government had questioned both the companies on the impact of the data breach, following which Facebook admitted that nearly 5.62 lakh people in India were “potentially affected” by the incident.
Over the last few weeks, the social networking giant has drawn intense criticism from users and governments globally over the data leak scandal that hit millions of users. Information of over 80 million Facebook users was allegedly harvested by CA, leading to a global backlash against the American company.
Published - April 25, 2018 03:49 pm IST
