India said on Tuesday it would be “unacceptable” if it is discovered that Indian laws on privacy have been violated by the surveillance launched on web users worldwide by the US National Security Agency (NSA).
“If it is discovered that Indian laws relating to privacy of information of ordinary Indian citizens have been violated we would find it unacceptable,” external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said at a media briefing in answer to a query.
His reaction came following revelations that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been spying on emails, social network activity, listening in on internet calls around the world since 2007.
A former CIA agent revealed to the Washington Post and the Guardian newspapers that the US agency has been using tech giants Microsoft, Google, Apple, Yahoo, Facebook, Skype and YouTube to spy on private information of users around the world. The programme, codenamed “PRISM” has been in operation since 2007. The programme is aimed to monitor foreign communications that take place on US servers.