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Digital India Bill: Aadhaar likely to be default e-ID of citizens

The government is also likely to have sweeping powers to track, monitor, intercept, moderate and take down online content under the new law

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

Usage and ground rules: New Digital Personal Data Protection framework

A new law that defines how companies should process users' data came into force with the President giving assent to the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act passed by Parliament in the just-concluded monsoon session. The law arms individuals with greater control over their data while allowing companies to transfer users' data abroad for processing, except to nations and territories restricted by the Centre through notification. It also gives the government power to seek information from firms and issue directions to block content. While the new law seeks to establish a robust framework for the protection of personal data in the digital realm, it has drawn criticism from some quarters over broad exemptions granted to state entities and some of its provisions diluting the landmark Right to Information (RTI) law. The new legislation comes after the government, last year, withdrew a December 11, 2019 bill that had alarmed tech companies like Facebook and Google with its proposals

Data Protection Bill: Experts warn of risks in verifying IDs for apps

If a child uses 40 apps on the phone and each of these apps has a copy of the child's Aadhar card along with their parents, then it would be a big issue, an industry expert said

Six bills, including Data Protection Bill listed in Rajya Sabha today

The focus of the Bill is to protect internet users from online harm and create a safe and trusted digital ecosystem as India is a digital economy powerhouse today

Data protection bill could cap penalty for data breach at Rs 250 crore

The earlier draft has stipulated that in the case of non-compliance, a penalty of up to Rs 500 crore could be imposed

Generative AI and data privacy

New developments in artificial intelligence have made it imperative for India to have robust data laws

Receiving dubious calls, messages on WhatsApp? Here's what you should know

Users receive both audio and video calls from these phone numbers which mostly carry country codes belonging to Ethiopia, Morocco, and Swaziland, among others

WhatsApp is now getting a feature Telegram has had for long. Details here

Telegram's 'Channels' feature has made it a useful tool for various individuals or organisations, and now Meta-owned WhatsApp is going to emulate it

Google's new policy to let users delete their account data from app

Google has introduced a new "data deletion policy", which aims to empower users with greater clarity and control over their in-app data, requiring Android apps to allow users to delete their accounts

In massive data breach, details of 168 mn citizens, defence staff leaked

A massive data breach that has implications for national security was unearthed by Cyberabad Police here, who arrested seven people of a gang allegedly involved in the theft and sale of sensitive data of the government and important organisations, including details of defence personnel as well as the personal and confidential data of about 16.8 crore citizens. The accused persons were found selling more than 140 different categories of information, which include sensitive information such as details of defence personnel and the mobile numbers of citizens and NEET students, among others, Cyberabad Police Commissioner M Stephen Raveendra told reporters here on Thursday. Seven data brokers were arrested from Delhi, police said adding that the accused had been operating through three companies (call centres) in Noida and other places. So far it has been found that the accused sold data to at least 100 fraudsters. Investigations are still on, police said. Sensitive data of defence ...

What do unique terms in the data protection bill mean?

The govt came out with a revised version of the Personal Data Protection Bill. While finer points of the Bill are being debated, let's examine the key terms used in it that should be known by us all

India proposes easier cross-border data transfers under new privacy law

India has defended stricter regulations citing the need to safeguard users' interests in a country that has more than 760 million internet users

India's new rules for data privacy may be more like China's than Europe's

The Indian government has junked the personal data protection bill, and decided to replace it with "a comprehensive legal framework"

Vaishnaw hopes new Data Protection Bill will be passed by Budget session

The government on Wednesday withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill from the Lok Sabha

Why does India not have a data protection bill yet?

The government withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 from the Parliament on Wednesday, while promising to come back with a new draft. Why is India still waiting for a data protection law?

Centre withdraws Personal Data Protection Bill, industry disappointed

'Comprehensive' legislation to come, says minister

Cost for data breaches averaged Rs 17.6 cr in 2022, highest ever: IBM study

Industrial companies paid most for cyberattacks as 'threat magnitude' grows

Including non-personal data in proposed bill will be premature: Report

A bill on protecting personal data may come up before Parliament's monsoon session

What is tokenisation?

RBI is firm on implementing tokenisation, which will make your debit or credit card transactions more secure. The deadline to implement it has been pushed to Sept 30. Find out what is tokenisation.