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Plea in SC wants smartphone manufacturers to disclose all pre-installed apps on packaging: Report

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A petition filed in the Supreme Court wants smartphone manufacturers to disclose all pre-installed apps in the outer packaging in major regional languages, Live Law reported. The petitioner also wants the data protection practices of Chinese smartphone companies to be investigated. The plea reportedly expresses concerns about Indians' privacy that might be jeopardised through data collected by pre-installed apps in smartphones manufactured by Chinese companies. The petitioner, Jatin Rana,represented by advocate Wajeeh Shafiq, wants broader regulation of pre-installed apps and wants the apex court to: Direct the central government to create a mechanism for regulation of smartphone apps. Rana wants the apex court to direct the central government to formulate guidelines to bring such disclosures into effect.  Smartphone manufacturers would also need to show how they use data collected from Indian citizens and whether they can protect the data of Indian users from falling into the hands of those who may misuse it. Additionally, the disclosures by manufacturers should include the user data such apps have access to, how the data is stored, who has access to it, and what it is likely to be used for. Direction to Google to make efforts to eliminate unwanted pre-installed apps and further update their Android system to identify such apps. It is interesting that the petition does not seem to talk about iOS, especially because most iPhones are manufactured and assembled in China. It is understood that the petition cites multiple news reports that Xiaomi and other Chinese smartphone companies practice data…

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