Razorpay, an online payment service in India, was forced to turn over payment records to police that were made to a nonprofit fact-checking website, Wired reports. Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair was arrested in June for allegedly receiving payments for the website from foreign countries which, if true, would constitute a violation of the Foreign Contribution Act. Meanwhile, the legal action against Razorpay signaled that digital businesses in India are under a legal microscope, Andy Mukherjee writes for Bloomberg.
13 July 2022
Privacy concerns rise in India after payment records turned over to police
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