CCPA Cracks Down on Illegal Walkie-Talkie Sales on E-commerce Platforms

CCPA Issues Notices on Walkie-Talkie Sales

In an official declaration on Friday, the federal government said the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has released 13 notices to leading digital industries against the prohibited listing and sale of walkie-talkies on shopping platforms.

The regulatory authority has actually inquired pertaining to the name and contact details of each vendor, item URLs and detailing IDs of the walkie-talkie tools, information of regularity requirements and the number of units offered per listing from January 2023 to date.

“The prohibited sale of walkie-talkies refers public safety and security issue. We have found an alarming quantity of listings of these devices on shopping web sites,” CCPA Chief Commissioner Nidhi Khare informed PTI.

Security Risks of Illegal Devices

Government guard dog CCPA has actually provided notifications to 13 shopping players like Amazon and Flipkart for illegal sale of walkie-talkie gadgets on their systems, which might increase safety and security problems at a time of military conflict between India and Pakistan.

Earlier, Union Food and Consumer Priest Pralhad Joshi in a social networks post said: “The sale of non-compliant wireless devices not only breaches legal responsibilities however might also pose significant dangers to national safety and security procedures.”
These violations contravene multiple lawful structures, including the Customer Security Act, Indian Telegraph Act, and Wireless Telegraphy Act, he said.

Violations of Legal Frameworks

The crackdown focuses on the sale of walkie-talkies without appropriate regularity disclosure, licensing information, or Equipment Type Authorization (ETA), making up a violation of the Consumer Security Act, 2019.