Page 7 - Data Protection

Top headlines: India Inc faces stricter code, Meta cracks on surveillance

India Inc's corporate governance mettle will soon be put to the test with a stricter framework. More on top headlines this morning

12 recommendations made by Parl panel in report on Personal Data Protection

Platforms as publishers; covering personal, non-personal data suggested

India adopting most progressive data protection, crypto laws: Mukesh Ambani

Ambani, who owns Reliance Jio, India's largest mobile service provider, also lent support to blockchain and real time tech to improve financial access

Parliament committee on data protection likely to table report on Dec 21

This is for the sixth time the committee's tenure has been extended

Data protection law will bring clarity, help research: Kris Gopalakrishnan

Infosys co-founder was heading a committee on non-personal data protection bill, which had submitted its report to govt a few months back

Personal data bill not enough to protect citizens' rights: Advocacy group

Legislation that Parliament's Winter Session will take up next week wades into areas beyond ambit given to it, say experts.

Pak's main citizenry database compromised: Top security agency to Par panel

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) informed a Parliament panel about the breach

Privacy law compliance can be staggered to help start-ups: MeitY official

'We will see to it that compliance does not trump the benefits that we want to bring to the technology ecosystem and citizens with the bill', said MeiTy Additional Secretary Dr Rajendra Kumar

States not consulted on data protection frameworks, says BJD MP

State govts have not been consulted on the personal data protection bill as well as the framework for non-personal data protection which may lead to problems in implementation of the proposed law

How does data protection officer build trust in customers via Privacy Engineering?

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WhatsApp privacy case must be decided in a month, says EU watchdog

EU privacy watchdog EDPB on Wednesday gave the Irish data protection agency a month to issue a long-delayed decision on compliance by WhatsApp after its peers objected to its draft finding

Did central planning end in July 1991?

Government picking winners is alive and well

WhatsApp's tactical retreat

Govt must move fast on personal data protection law

Privacy policy on hold till data protection bill comes into force: WhatsApp

The single judge on April 22 said that he saw no merit in the petitions of Facebook and WhatsApp to interdict the investigation directed by the CCI.

China orders Didi to be removed from app stores, days after mega US listing

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said on its social media feed that it had ordered Didi to make changes to comply with Chinese data protection rules.

Delhi High Court refuses to stay notice issued to WhatsApp by CCI

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to stay the notice dated June 4, 2021, to WhatsApp by the Director-General of Competition Commission of India (CCI)

Regulate big tech but not at the expense of user rights: Mishi Choudhary

The heavy-handed ways in which the government has been behaving in shaping the narrative and curbing dissent make even genuine attempts at regulating big tech suspicious, says Choudhary

Microsoft's LinkedIn faces Italian probe following user data scraping

The firm said in a statement that "this was not a LinkedIn data breach, and no private member account data from LinkedIn was included."

Facebook admits leaked data on 533 million users back online for free

The leak includes personal information such as phone numbers, full names and locations.

Clubhouse may be leaking user data to Chinese govt, says Stanford report

Researchers at Stanford University in the US have warned that the app may be leaking users' audio data to the Chinese government