House panel on IT to hear from WhatsApp representatives tomorrow

Days after the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology voted on pursuing the issue of data privacy and the WhatsApp breach case, the committee has asked WhatsApp representatives to depose before it on the issue.

The committee is also scheduled to hear cyber security experts and representatives from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Home Ministry, and Delhi’s Chief Secretary on Wednesday. The topic is listed as “citizens data security and privacy”.