Regardless of the motivation of the Delhi police, the handover of donor payment data has put India's lack of a national data privacy law and its speech laws in the spotlight.
The biggest names in Big Tech are about to be subject to a new investigation. The CFPB wants to look over their handling of payment data, as a means of providing better protections against things like fraud and data breaches.
Companies could devalue their customers’ payment data to avoid CCPA penalties and litigation by using techniques that make it difficult for hackers to exploit.