Eu Data Protection Rules

SC notice to govt on news publishers' plea challenging data protection law

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a response of the Centre on a petition challenging provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act and the DPDP Rules on the ground that they allegedly infringe press freedom and the right to information. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana issued the notice after hearing senior advocate Madhavi Divan, appearing for the Digital News Publishers Association. The matter has been listed for further hearing on November 17 along with pending ones.

Social media platforms worry new data law could affect child safety, ads

Tech giants Google, Meta, YouTube, and Snap are concerned over India's new Digital Personal Data Protection Act's restrictions on behavioural tracking of children as they may compromise child safety

Data protection Bill: Centre to get power to lower age of consent to 14 yrs

The upcoming Bill will take a graded approach to defining the age of consent on a case-by-case basis

First major EU GDPR decision soon on Twitter, Facebook data practices

Twitter may be the first big technology firm to face a fine over tougher data protection rules

Google users in UK to lose EU data protection due to Brexit: Report

The shift, prompted by Britain's exit from the EU, will leave the sensitive personal information of tens of millions with less protection and within easier reach of British law enforcement

A tectonic shift: EU's data protection rules have key pointers for India

EU citizens receive the right to be 'forgotten' - they can ask data controllers to erase personal data under certain circumstances