Tell HN: Razorpay a YC company shared donor data under a Section 91 order

#1

Post by throw_away_1042 » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 12:13 PM UTC

Razorpay is an Indian payment platform[1].

Recently Indian police arrested[2] the co-founder of a fact-checking website for a tweet he did in 2018. There are reports that Government is trying to nab him for reporting the fake news and religious hatred the current regime has been peddling.

Police demanded the data of the donors to the fact-checking website from Razorpay and they complied without a court order[3].

1: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/razorpay

2: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/28/delhi-police-a...

3: https://inc42.com/buzz/razorpay-alt-news-controversy-spotlig...

Re: Tell HN: Razorpay a YC company shared donor data under a Section 91 order

#2

Post by ushakov » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 12:40 PM UTC

current year has brought a lot of public embarrassment for YC

Re: Tell HN: Razorpay a YC company shared donor data under a Section 91 order

#3

Post by baxtr » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 12:41 PM UTC

ushakov wrote: post #2

current year has brought a lot of public embarrassment for YC

What else happened?

Re: Tell HN: Razorpay a YC company shared donor data under a Section 91 order

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Post by ghoomketu » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 12:41 PM UTC

While I have no sympathy for razorpay but I'd just like to point out that laws in India are much more heavy handed than a country like US. People are thrown in jail for social media posts and sometimes just for liking a social media post(1)

Twitter has been having a very hard time operating in India too(2) and routinely censoring stuff so while IANAL just remember that things are very different in different parts of the world.

(1) https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/arrested-over-a-fa...?

(2) https://restofworld.org/2022/twitters-censorship-india/

Re: Tell HN: Razorpay a YC company shared donor data under a Section 91 order

#5

Post by smashah » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 12:43 PM UTC

It's concerning that YC is funding companies that are so aligned with BJP bigotry that they comply with invasion of privacy requests without a court order.

Re: Tell HN: Razorpay a YC company shared donor data under a Section 91 order

#6

Post by londons_explore » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 12:43 PM UTC

In some parts of the world, an official police request is equivalent to a court order.

Re: Tell HN: Razorpay a YC company shared donor data under a Section 91 order

#7

Post by ushakov » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 12:44 PM UTC

baxtr wrote: post #3

ushakov wrote: post #2

current year has brought a lot of public embarrassment for YC

What else happened?

they keep funding fraudsters

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31431224

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30899352

Re: Tell HN: Razorpay a YC company shared donor data under a Section 91 order

#8

Post by notlukesky » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 12:44 PM UTC

They jailed the CEO of Qwest who refused to share surveillance data with the NSA without a court order. This seems to be prudent in other jurisdictions as well, other than the US and now India of course.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/10/qwest-ceo-nsa-punished...

Re: Tell HN: Razorpay a YC company shared donor data under a Section 91 order

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Post by AlexandrB » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 12:45 PM UTC

ushakov wrote: post #7

baxtr wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What else happened?

they keep funding fraudsters https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31431224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30899352

Also this one from last year: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26898266

Re: Tell HN: Razorpay a YC company shared donor data under a Section 91 order

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Post by flareback » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 12:49 PM UTC

smashah wrote: post #5

It's concerning that YC is funding companies that are so aligned with BJP bigotry that they comply with invasion of privacy requests without a court order.

What is "BJP"?