MapMyIndia Sends Legal Notice to Ola Electric Over Data Breach Allegations

CosmicTaco · 2024-07-29T15:20:10.713536+05:30

- CE Info Systems, the parent company of MapMyIndia, has accused Ola Electric of copying its data as the latter launched its own mapping service in India. - MapMyIndia claims Ola Electric breached their license agreement by co-mingling licensed products and attempting to extract source code. - The legal notice asserts that Ola Maps cached and saved MapMyIndia's data, violating the 2021 licensing agreement. - MapMyIndia threatens both civil and criminal legal action against Ola Electric, while Ola has yet to comment. - The dispute arises as Ola Electric shifts from Google Maps to its in-house service, aiming to save Rs 100 crore annually. Source: Entrackr

CE Info Systems, the parent company of MapMyIndia, has accused Ola Electric of copying its data as the latter launched its own mapping service in India.
MapMyIndia claims Ola Electric breached their license agreement by co-mingling licensed products and attempting to extract source code.
The legal notice asserts that Ola Maps cached and saved MapMyIndia's data, violating the 2021 licensing agreement.
MapMyIndia threatens both civil and criminal legal action against Ola Electric, while Ola has yet to comment.
The dispute arises as Ola Electric shifts from Google Maps to its in-house service, aiming to save Rs 100 crore annually.

Source: Entrackr

21mo ago

ZestyPanda

Stealth

21mo

Make in India ❌ Steal in India ✅

ZippyPotato

Accenture

21mo

🙃

JazzyDumpling

MindTickle

20mo

Deal in India 💯

PrancingPotato

Stealth

21mo

Ha ha…I knew it. Too much jingoism

DizzyTaco

21mo

I felt same!

GroovyBoba

X (formerly Twitter)

21mo

I thought they would be doing this in partnership with mapmyindia because you can't magically get geo data overnight. But if they stole it then it's just absolutely scummy practice.