The icons of e-commerce apps Amazon.com Inc., from top left, Paytm, developed by One97 Communications Ltd., BookMyShow, operated by Bigtree Entertainment Ltd., Tez, developed by Google Inc., Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM), developed by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), and Myra, operated by Myra Medecines, are displayed on a smartphone during an arranged photograph in Bengaluru, India, on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018. A bewildering array of digital payment businesses from global names like Facebook Inc.'s WhatsApp to Paytm, backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., are in a slugfest to win Indian users. Also in the fray are the country's banks, its postal service, and its richest man, Mukesh Ambani. Photographer: Samyukta Lakshmi/Bloomberg
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Google has tweaked the privacy policy of its Indian digital payments mobile application, days after local rival Paytm complained that the US tech giant's platform allowed disclosure of customer data for advertising and other purposes.
The row has erupted amid heightened debate about user privacy and how technology firms treat data in India and abroad. India is developing a new data protection law which could force companies to change how they transfer or store customer data.
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