DATA PRIVACY

Privacy rights may become next victim of killer pandemic

From China to Singapore to Israel, governments have ordered electronic monitoring of their citizens' movements in an effort to limit contag...

Telcos agree with DoT, say no breach of privacy in sharing call data records

DoT added that it will not access call content, names etc of the subscribers. It termed the exercise as “an innovative way of identifying c...

Data Bill: Global trade bodies raise privacy concerns

The coalition, which represents companies such as Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and IBM among others, has raised concerns over...

Joint parliamentary committee wants more time to submit data bill note

After the bill was introduced in Parliament in December last year, it was referred to the joint parliamentary committee, which had asked st...

Panel studying Data Bill seeks extension till Monsoon session

The committee headed by Bhartiya Janata Dal MP Meenakshi Lekhi was supposed to submit the report by end of the Budget session which conclud...

4 in 10 Indians have experienced identity theft: Report

​It also found that while 61 percent of respondents feel well-protected against ID theft but 63 percent would have no idea what to do in ca...

How far is too far? Invasive tech returns under coronavirus cover

Electronic bracelets and phones that report a person's whereabouts, text messages if they stray too far from quarantine and digital detecti...

Australia's privacy watchdog sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica breach

The commission alleges the personal information of Australian Facebook users was disclosed without their permission to an app called "This ...

India's poor risk loss of privacy, land in drive to digitise records

India's national land record modernisation programme seeks to re-survey lands, verify and upgrade records, and put the information online b...

Survey shows Indian companies most familiar with concept of cybersecurity in APAC region

APAC Cyber Resiliency and Risk Report said that 98% of Indian companies surveyed were likely to invest more in security due to regulation. ...

Govt taps cos for suggestions to draw data storage funding

In a meeting with around 20 companies and industry associations, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) also a...

Organisations need more transparency as data privacy laws become stringent: Accenture

Carrel-Billiard, senior managing director, Accenture Labs, said in an interview that organisations should focus creating personalized exper...

In Telangana, the eyes have it: How the state is redefining data-driven governance

With nearly 64% of India's CCTV cameras, and facial recognition for traffic, law and order, pensions, and elections, Telangana is redefinin...

Government wants to pay for data, but companies not buying idea

Official says acquisition details of non-personal, anonymous data will be made public; cos raise privacy, IPR concerns. Currently, a separa...

Questions for 2020: Personal data gets legal protection?

The Personal Data Protection Bill (PDPB) 2019 is expected to become a law in 2020 once it is reviewed by the joint parliamentary committee ...

Australia sues Facebook, alleges breach of user data

In the Federal Court lawsuit, the Australian Information Commissioner accused Facebook of breaching privacy law by disclosing 311,127 users...

Industry bodies concerned over data protection Bill, say it 'compromises' on privacy

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) said the Bill in its current form "compromises" on privacy of Indian citizens as "it h...