India takes up Web snooping issue with US

News | by IANS

BANGALORE, INDIA: Acting on its concern and surprise at the internet data mining by US intelligence agencies, including from India, the Indian government has taken up the issue with the US envoy, government sources said Thursday.
National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon, who also helms the India-US cyber security dialogue along with his US counterpart, took up the issue on Monday when he met US Ambassador Nancy Powell. The issue was discussed along with other bilateral matters, the source said.
Revelations of US's data mining has shocked the world and many countries have slammed the move.