Plea Seeking Action Against Google Pay For Allegedly Violating RBI Guidelines on Data Protection, Delhi HC Issues Notice

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea seeking action against Google Pay for allegedly violating guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India on data protection. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek has issued notices to Google India, Union of India and the RBI. Filed by Mr. Abhishek Sharma, the petition seeks a direction to be issued to RBI to ensure immediate compliance with norms on data localisation, data storage, and data sharing by payments app Google Pay.