Mahua Moitra Tweets From Decathlon Store, ignites question on Privacy

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In a recent incident, Mahua Moitra  went to buy a trousers for her father for ₹1499 in CASH at
Decathlon India Ansal Plaza . The manager insists that she need to put in her mobile number & email ID to purchase. She is a Member of Parliament Lok Sabha from Krishnanagar West Bengal.

She made a tweet  to @Decathlon_India that they are violating privacy laws & consumer laws by insisting on this.

Soon after her post went viral, Mahua Moitra received a text from a Supreme Court lawyer, a screenshot of which she posted on her timeline. She also added that the manager had “finally put in his number & got me out of store (with dad’s trousers). But @Decathlon_India needs to reconfigure now.”


It's a norm to ask Email & Mobile number when you purchase from any store. The email and mobile number are 

Decathlon is a French sporting goods retailer. With over 1697 stores in 60 countries and regions, it is the largest sporting goods retailer in the world.