Ban Video Conferencing App “ZOOM” it Violates right to privacy: Letter petition to CJI [Read Petition]
(Judicial Quest News Network)
A letter petition is written to CJI SA Bobde regarding the infringement of fundamental Right to Privacy on account of permitting the use of ZOOM a video conferencing application, and seeks for the ban on its download and usage.
The letter petition mentioning the advisory issued by the Ministry of Home affairs on In these difficult times, where nation is trying to tackle a deadly and contagious epidemic called corona virus disease (Covid—19), the undersigned applicants are constrained to present this letter petition before his Lordship to bring a serious issue of violation of states that “fundamental right to privacy of citizens by use of a video conferencing/chatting application named ZOOM.
In order to curb the spread of contagious Covid-19 epidemic, the govt. of India has declared lockdown across the country thereby restricting physical movement of the individuals.”
The letter penned by Advocates Sanpreet Singh Ajmani and Aneesh Sharma states that, in view of the lockdown imposed in wake of the COVID-19, Pandemic, ZOOM. Gained momentum and is being used as means of chatting/conferencing for various purposes such as online classes, online meetings, conferences and other allied purposes.
The petitioners stated that it was found that the application is not safe and does not have end-t-end encryption. It is further submitted that once the application is downloaded malicious random mails are being sent across by the ZOOM.
The petitioner draws the attention of the court submitting that the Ministry of Home Affairs has reached to the conclusion that the use of ZOOM application is unsafe, it should have recommended to ban the application in India rather making further suggestive steps which are very complex in nature.
[Read the Letter Petition]
