NEW DELHI: The Government today issued notice to Cambridge Analytica — the firm at the centre of Facebook users’ data breach — seeking its response by March 31 on whether it was involved in misuse of data to profile Indians and influence their voting behaviour.
The notice also sought the company’s response on the entities which engaged Cambridge Analytica, the method used by it for possession of data and whether consent was taken from users.
“The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India, has issued a notice… To Cambridge Analytica, wherein the serious breach of propriety and misuse of data intended to profile and influence voting behaviour has been highlighted,” the IT Ministry said in a statement.
“Was there any profiling done on the basis of such data?,” the Ministry sought to know from the company on all queries raised by end of the month. (AGENCIES)
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