Kiruba Shankar, Co-founder and President of ‘60 Seconds' app says, 'The banning of Chinese apps by the Indian Government is a welcome move. That being said, govt should also look into companies who have Chinese investments and use Chinese tech in their products, and how are they safeguarding the data of Indian citizens.' This indeed would just motivate the Indian ecosystem, and we would see more Indian companies going global. Sumit Ghosh, CEO, Co-founder Chingari, said, 'The government time and again has proved to support the Indian start-up eco-system. The Centre had earlier banned a number of Chinese apps, including TikTok and UC Browser. All these banned apps have Chinese links, news agency PTI reported quoting sources. 'The compilation of these data, its mining and profiling by elements hostile to national security and defence of India, which ultimately impinges upon the sovereignty and integrity of India, is a matter of very deep and immediate concern which requires emergency measures,' the statement said. It said the IT Ministry had received complaints from various sources, including several reports about misuse of some mobile apps available on Android and iOS platforms for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users' data to servers outside India.
