Jio Data Leak Has Made Data Protection Law In India A Necessity




There was another major breach, and this time it was Indian telecom giant Reliance Jio that was at the wrong end of that breach. Personal data, information, mobile phone numbers, and e-mail addresses were compromised of over 100 million Jio customers.

This news made it more pressing for the government and the concerned authorities to bring in more robust and structured laws for data protection and encryption.

The spokesperson of JIO has denied any such breach and said that the information of the users and customers is safe. Names, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers appeared on a website called Magicapk - the website was later taken down. 

‘The website had data and personal information of millions of Jio users. They were authentic or unauthentic, that is not the issue here. The issue is to address the problem of these regular data breaches that have been taking place in the country. We must have stern laws regarding encryption and data protection.’ - Nirmal Singh 3C Company

Reliance has filed a complaint against the breach that took place, police told the sources.

European countries have serious laws for data protection and their standards are far better than what we have in India. Companies are not liable for any such breach and they don’t have to disclose any information to the customers if a breach like this takes place.

This working structure and the lack of strict laws raise serious questions on the accountability of telecom companies, said Nirmal Singh 3C Company when asked to comment on the issue.

The website that had the information of the users on display was visited relentlessly and many twitter users showed their concern and even complained about their personal information available on the website. Various news articles were done on the issue and it was believed that the leak had actually occurred. 

‘There is no law to address the data privacy issue in India. We do not have a regulating body or a framework through which the data protection law could be implemented – nothing exists. - Nirmal Singh 3C Company
 
Recently, Zomato also suffered a similar breach when an online portal put the data of more than 17 million app users on sale. Zomato denied any such breach and said that the information of the user was safe but later changed the tone and asked the users to change their passwords just in case.

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