AI And Digital Data Security

DPDP Act: IT services firms likely to have a short learning curve

Despite higher compliance costs, India's top IT firms expect minimal disruption from DPDP Rules 2025, leveraging years of experience with global data-privacy frameworks

Updated On: 16 Nov 2025 | 10:46 PM IST

Anthropic's Claude AI can exit abusive or harmful conversations: Here's why

Anthropic has introduced a safeguard in Claude AI that lets it exit abusive or harmful chats, aiming to set boundaries and promote respectful interactions

Updated On: 20 Aug 2025 | 3:03 PM IST

Shifting to decentralised storage for derisking data and enhancing security

Decentralised storage infra is easy to install, move and manage, and it doesn't require the heavy investments of data centres. It reduces risks of outage and cyberattacks

Updated On: 16 Mar 2025 | 11:04 PM IST

Irdai sets up 11-member taskforce to examine the impact of DPDP Act

The task force is expected to submit the report within a period of 1 month from the issuance of the order

Updated On: 28 Nov 2023 | 6:12 PM IST

Govt to introduce 'risk-based' framework for age-gating on social media

The framework will operate as a part of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, of 2023, which was passed by the parliament in August

Updated On: 23 Nov 2023 | 11:50 AM IST

Kept off the editorial: News organisations set limits for AI use

News publishers and broadcasters are using AI for mundane tasks but not core business, reports Vanita Kohli-Khandekar

Updated On: 12 Nov 2023 | 10:59 PM IST

DPDP rules ready but unlikely to be tabled in winter session of Parliament

As India's first-ever dedicated legislation for digital privacy, the DPDP Act provides broad principles of collection and processing of personal information in digital form

Updated On: 02 Nov 2023 | 11:59 PM IST

DPDP Act: Firms in disarray, seek more time, clarity for implementation

Companies feel that the "timelines are too short," as the new DPDP Act will require a complete overhaul of their entire internal systems

Updated On: 27 Sep 2023 | 11:50 AM IST

Industry likely to get six months to align with data protection rules

Chandrasekhar says rules for DPDP Act ready, consultations to begin after G20

Updated On: 04 Sep 2023 | 10:03 PM IST

Data Protection Board: Chance to bring regulatory agility or a miss hit?

Data Protection Board of India could play an essential role in bringing about regulatory agility and striking the right balance between regulation and innovation in a data-dependent digital economy

Updated On: 14 Aug 2023 | 3:32 PM IST

Indian IT to become more attractive after data law: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishna in an interview with Business Standard said that DPDP bill will bring about behavioural changes in internal business processes in alignment with principles of privacy

Updated On: 11 Aug 2023 | 11:20 PM IST

The rise of AI tools ChatGPT, DALL-E 2 and the collapse of creative process

'Leaving aside the very real ramifications of robots displacing artists who are already underpaid, we believe that AI art devalues the act of artistic creation for both the artist and the public'

Updated On: 13 Jan 2023 | 10:23 AM IST

IT Ministry extends deadline for feedback on Digital Data Bill to Jan 2

The ministry released the fourth version of the much-awaited data privacy law in India on November 18

Updated On: 17 Dec 2022 | 2:55 PM IST

Personal data protection Bill may lead to UK, EU data adequacy deals

Under the new draft DPRP bill put out for public consultation, the government has proposed free cross-border flow of data with "friendly" nations, significantly easing its earlier stance

Updated On: 20 Nov 2022 | 10:43 PM IST

Regulating Digital India

Discriminatory algorithms will be the most complex of challenges for regulators

Updated On: 22 Sep 2022 | 5:29 PM IST

Centre withdraws Personal Data Protection Bill, industry disappointed

'Comprehensive' legislation to come, says minister

Updated On: 04 Aug 2022 | 12:31 AM IST

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Here are 8 career options that are least impacted by recession

Since remote learning and remote working is going to be the new normal, it's time to explore opportunities in fields that are least impacted when the economy crumbles.

Updated On: 19 Jun 2020 | 9:29 PM IST

Is data the new oil?

Mukesh Ambani is neither the first nor the only one to say so. Many have said it before. He made the line popular in India along with Jio

Updated On: 18 Sep 2019 | 8:45 PM IST

Restricting cross-border data flow will hurt digital trade: AIMA report

The Draft Personal Data Protection Bill, expected to be tabled in Parliament soon, has proposed the data of all Indian users be stored within the country

Updated On: 26 Jul 2019 | 2:50 AM IST

Digital, AI & data security: Guard the forts

Many forts of our thinking will crumble under the relentless assault of artificial intelligence, deep learning & analytics

Updated On: 13 Apr 2018 | 5:59 AM IST