On Tuesday, the Supreme Court dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) requesting a ban on the country’s use of the “Zoom” video conferencing app on the grounds that it violates privacy.
MEITY finds nothing wrong in ZOOM:
After learning that even the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) had found nothing improper about the use of the application, a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and MM Sundresh closed the petition.
“This does not survive. Even courts use zoom… MEITY has said nothing wrong with Zoom. And why only target us, not WebEx etc?” said senior advocate Arvind Datar appearing for Zoom. The bench then closed the case.
CEO of ZOOM already apologized publicly:
the use of the video conferencing app Zoom by Indian citizens until the enactment of suitable legislation, on the grounds that the app violates privacy, is currently under review by the top court. The petitioner, one Harsh Chugh, made this request.
According to the plea agreement entered in 2020, the computer program violates cybersecurity standards and endangers the privacy of its users.
The Information Technology Act of 2000 and the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Interception, Monitoring, and Decryption of Information) Rules of 2009, according to the article, are being violated by the Zoom app because it is unsafe, lacks end-to-end encryption, and both of these laws are not followed.
The CEO of ZoomVideo Communications has already apologized in public and acknowledged that the app does not provide a secure digital environment, which is against the rules of cybersecurity, according to the complaint.
In his appeal, Chugh stated that he is concerned about the frequent reports of hacking and cyber breaches because he is a homemaker and a remote worker.
According to the argument, legislation must be passed in order to implement a uniform regulation that will protect citizens’ rights, as has been highlighted by numerous world leaders.
