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‘DPDP doesn’t weaken RTI Act’: AG backs IT ministry

‘DPDP doesn’t weaken RTI Act’: AG backs IT ministry
india news
Published on Sept 11, 2025 04:56 am IST

Cabinet clears data protection bill, likely to be introduced in monsoon session

The law, however, will not apply retrospectively to any information breach that occurred in the past. (File Photo)
india news
Updated on Jul 06, 2023 12:33 am IST

Secure Aadhaar data from misuse

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Aadhaar is the most efficient mechanism of identity verification in India and with 1.4 billion citizens, it meets a challenge that no other system of such scale has (AFP)
editorials
Updated on Apr 24, 2023 06:46 pm IST

Morning brief: Data bill suggests key changes to RTI law

Centre's data protection bill suggests key changes to RTI law
india news
Published on Nov 21, 2022 08:57 am IST

Delhi HC objects to WhatsApp asking judge not to hear PIL

WhatsApp, through its counsel, had written to the court suggesting that justice Singh should not hear the matter because she appeared as a senior counsel against WhatsApp in a matter in the Supreme Court in 2016.
india news
Updated on Jan 16, 2021 05:32 am IST

Covid-19: Aarogya Setu needs legislative backing

The Centre’s directions are executive in nature, deriving their power from the Disaster Management Act, 2005, which doesn’t have any provision to deal with surveillance.
analysis
Updated on May 21, 2020 07:39 am IST

The worrying trend of the government souring the social contract | Opinion

The National Register of Citizens is a state activity that provided no visible benefits at great personal cost to citizens. The haphazard manner in which the documentation was processed, with vast differences between the first two drafts and the final list, was criticised by all, regardless of political affiliation
analysis
Updated on Oct 20, 2019 08:29 pm IST

Call for data to be treated as a ‘public good’, can play key role in driving policy

As the private sector may not invest in harnessing data where it is not profitable, “government must intervene in creating data as a public good, especially of the poor and in social sectors of the country”, the Survey states.
budget
Updated on May 28, 2020 06:07 pm IST

Centre defends snooping order in Supreme Court

The Union government has defended before the Supreme Court its controversial December 20 notification allowing 10 security agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt any information generated, transmitted, received or stored on any computer in the country.
india news
Published on Mar 01, 2019 10:42 pm IST

Centre defends snooping order in Supreme Court

The Union government has defended before the Supreme Court its controversial December 20 notification allowing 10 security agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt any information generated, transmitted, received or stored on any computer in the country.
india news
Published on Mar 01, 2019 10:32 pm IST

Privacy laws cannot make Facebeook and Google accountable

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., speaks in a conference in the US. While 2018 was the year of amazing investigations on Facebook, there have been grave let-downs in reporting and analysis.
analysis
Updated on Jan 03, 2019 07:38 am IST

Consent has to be the bedrock on which data is processed: Member of Srikrishna Committee

Justice B N Srikrishna addresses the media after submitting a report on 'Data Protection Framework' to law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, in New Delhi July 27.
india news
Updated on Jul 28, 2018 09:14 am IST

Data protection bill will hold tech companies such as Facebook, Google accountable for users’ information

The focus on data protection comes after the scandal in March over access gained by political marketing firm Cambridge Analytica to user’s data collected through Facebook.
india news
Updated on Jul 28, 2018 09:04 am IST

The worst is yet to come: Facebook’s privacy push will erode profits for years to come

Facebook’s fortunes shifted in under two hours as the company first reported revenue and user growth that missed expectations and then issued warnings about future growth and expenses.
business
Updated on Jul 26, 2018 01:52 pm IST

Draft bill proposes ₹1 crore fine, 3 year jail for data privacy violation

The Internet Freedom Foundation launched its community project ‘Save our Privacy’ in what it described as a bid to safeguard individuals’ right to privacy.
india news
Published on Jun 08, 2018 10:44 pm IST

We need strict laws that fix accountability for data leaks

Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in Washington, DC. This is the second day of testimony before Congress by Zuckerberg, 33, after it was reported that 87 million Facebook users had their personal information harvested by Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm linked to the Trump campaign.
editorials
Published on Apr 16, 2018 04:36 pm IST

Facebook data leak: Big message for India is need for a robust privacy law

Silhouettes of mobile users next to a screen projection of Facebook logo in a picture illustration, March 28, 2018.
editorials
Updated on Apr 06, 2018 02:19 pm IST
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