New Delhi: The Government of India has issued a notice to Cambridge Analytica asking for the names of entities that have engaged it in allegedly utilising data of Indians from the breach in Facebook database.

In a notice that went out on Friday, the entity was asked to send in its response on six specific queries by March 31, failing which it may face legal action from the Ministry of Information and Technology.

The questions in the notice are as follows:

1. Whether they have been engaged in any assignment to utilize data of Indians from the above cited breach?

2. Who are the entities that have engaged them for the above?

3. How did they come to be in possession of such data?

4. Was consent taken from the individuals?

5. How was such data collected used?

6. Was there any profiling done on the basis of such data?