The court will hear the matter further on January 11, 2022.In the plea, it was stated that the Chinese mobile application Shopee and website Shopee.in operated by SPPIN India Pvt Ltd, threaten the security, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of India.Highlighting the legal violations, the plea said the company has been conducting its operations in contravention with the Foreign Direct Investment Policy, 2020 and the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999.The plea contended that information, as available in the public domain, the company is operating their businesses, directly or indirectly, under the control of the Chinese government or its entities. It also claimed that the public and private data of the Indian citizens collected by SPPIN is likely to be compromised, given that such data is believed to be stored on a cloud space, which, directly or indirectly, is accessible to the Chinese government.
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