The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has written to British consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica,
Facebook and Global Science Research (GSR) seeking information regarding alleged data theft of 5.62 lakh Indian Facebook users.
The investigation agency has made the communication in connection with its preliminary enquiry that was initiated last month to determine whether GSR and Cambridge Analytica has illegally harvested and misused the data. The preliminary inquiry was commenced on a reference from the
Union Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
The Minister in July 2018 had told Rajya Sabha that the probe would be handed over to the CBI. He had said there were also reports that user data was “illegally accessed by hardware manufacturers who had tie-ups with Facebook. In regard to this issue, Facebook has reported that they are not aware of any misuse of information, including Indian users’ information”. After the data breach came to light, the Centre, in March and April this year, had sent communications to Facebook and Cambridge Analytica seeking clarification. Responding to the communications, Cambridge Analytica had said that it did not have any Facebook data on Indian citizens. However, Facebook informed the Centre that Cambridge Analytica had violated its policy and that about 5.62 lakh Indians might have been potentially affected by the data theft case. Cambridge Analytica did not respond to a subsequent notice. Cambridge Analytica, a British consultancy firm, had earlier faced allegations that it used personal information harvested from 87 million Facebook accounts to help Donald Trump win the 2016 US Presidential election.
CBI Books 16 Persons Over Social Media Posts Targeting Judges of Supreme Court & AP High Court
Some defamatory comments were made by the YuvajanaSramikaRythu Congress Party (YSRCP) against the judges of the Supreme Court and particularly insulting the judges of the Andhra Pradesh High court. The state CID was made to look into the matter but after their failure, the High Court on October 12, 2020, directed The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take over the case. While investigating the case, the CBI on November 16, 2020, combined 12 more cases to this case that were similar...
Jharkhand Govt. Withdraws ‘General Consent’ Granted to CBI to Investigate Cases in the State [READ ORDER]
Executive
Nov 07, 2020
Pavitra Shetty
(
Editor: Ekta Joshi
)
4 Shares
The Jharkhand government, headed by Chief Minister Hemant Soren, has withdrawn the general consent given to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for conducting probes in the state.Under Section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, 1946, the CBI requires the permission of the state government if it wants to investigate something there. The general consent is the indication that the CBI can visit the state and investigate any matter.If the general consent is...
417 Views
![Jharkhand Govt. Withdraws ‘General Consent’ Granted to CBI to Investigate Cases in the State [READ ORDER]](https://lawstreet.co/secure/uploads/2020/11/lj_2777_Jharkhand.jpeg)
Facebook Comments