Technological giants will learn to respect laws of India, Union IT and law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Thursday but acknowledged that companies like Google and Facebook are empowering Indians.
“Today FDI is completely free in the IT sector. Today Google and Facebook are also empowering Indians. Ordinary Indians are on social media. let us celebrate that ... Today I could only give this caution that these technological giants in the field of IT will also learn to respect laws of India,” law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
He was replying to question on alleged privacy concerns over data accessed by technology companies and social networks.
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that right to privacy is fundamental with some restriction as enshrined in the part III of the Constitution.