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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.

TMSEp203: SUV market, Cannes Ad fest 2022, fund-raising, data anonymisation

Where is India's SUV market headed? Why Cannes Ad fest 2022 was India's '1983 moment'? How market uncertainty will impact India Inc's fund-raise plans? What is data anonymisation? Answers here

MeitY issues draft norms to mobilise non-personal citizen data with govt

MeitY has issued a draft National Data Governance Framework to mobilise non-personal data of citizens for use by both public and private entities to improve services

How will the new rules for VPN providers threaten user privacy?

The govt has come up with regulations requiring VPN service providers to collect and store a host of personal information from their subscribers. Can the new rules undermine your privacy?

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

India gives WhatsApp 7 days to roll back new privacy policy: Report

Many Indian users depend on WhatsApp for communicating; irresponsible for WhatsApp to leverage its position in the Indian market to impose unfair terms and conditions, says MeitY, according to sources

WhatsApp privacy policy not conforming to Indian IT laws: Centre to HC

The Centre on Monday told the Delhi HC that it views the new privacy policy of WhatsApp as a violation of the Indian IT law and rules

WhatsApp scraps May 15 deadline for accepting privacy policy terms

Will follow up with reminders to users who haven't accepted privacy policy terms over next several weeks, says Facebook-owned WhatsApp

HC judge recuses herself from hearing Facebook, WhatsApp pleas on privacy

Facebook and WhatsApp have challenged the CCI's March 24 order directing a probe into the new privacy policy.

WhatsApp reply sought on plea for non-sharing of UPI data with 3rd parties

The Supreme Court asked WhatsApp to file response on a plea seeking a direction to the RBI and the NPCI to ensure that data collected on UPI platforms is not shared with parent firm or any third party

Data privacy row: Why you need to switch from Facebook Messenger now

Messenger does not offer any end-to-end protection and is more prone to data breach, a security expert has claimed, adding that Messenger users should opt for safer apps first

Panel proposes new regulator for citizens' non-personal data: Report

Such a regulator would be armed with legal powers to request data, supervise data sharing requests and settle disputes, report said.

Banned Chinese apps consider shifting servers to India to allay concerns

The Indian authorities feared that these apps were transferring consumer data to locations outside the country, especially China, in an unauthorised and surreptitious manner.

Data privacy must be seen as human right and needs to be protected: Nadella

During a conversation with WEF Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab, Nadella also favoured a debate on CEO pay and all kinds of remuneration, including return on capital.

64% of India's GenZ questions need to own a car: Deloitte global survey

The study also dwells on consumer preference with regard to data privacy and the money Indian buyers are willing to spend on connected vehicles.

Here's what social media firms require from draft Data protection Bill

What has raised eyebrows is that the Bill gives the government ultimate rights and powers to seek access to users' data to help formulate policies

Data privacy: S Jaishankar calls for united action against cyber terrorism

He said cyberspace and digital technologies have been a real force of economic, social, political, industrial, even behavioural transformation.

Govt to firm up norms to check misuse of internet within 3 months, SC told

The affidavit was filed in a transfer petition moved by Facebook Inc., seeking transfer of cases filed in three high courts, relating to linking of social media profiles with Aadhaar