Bhim powers up; Privacy hit for RTIHappy Wednesday! Users are returning to the payments app Bhim, attracted by cashbacks and incentives. This and more in today's ETtech Morni...
02 Jul, 2025, 07.17 AM IST
PCI’s MDR plea; India’s AI startups, acceleratedHappy Tuesday! The Payments Council of India has urged the PMO to reinstate the merchant discount rate (MDR) on UPI and RuPay debit card pa...
25 Mar, 2025, 07.24 AM IST
Centre sets April date for DPDP rules as MeitY studies feedbackThe Centre plans to finalise the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act rules by April. Industry bodies have raised concerns over data...
25 Mar, 2025, 06.01 AM IST
Fintechs see a minefield of costs, regulatory issues as DPDP loomsThe draft Digital Private Data Protection (DPDP) rules are set to create a major compliance burden for tech startups, already reeling under...
15 Jan, 2025, 07.54 AM IST
Government to hold wider, focussed consultation with industry bodies on DPDP rules: Ashwini VaishnawThe government will conduct extensive consultations with industry bodies on the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025, incorpor...
14 Jan, 2025, 09.50 PM IST
DPDP rules may open new business doors for regulatory-tech firmsThe government's move to tighten data regulations is creating opportunities for startups focusing on compliance and privacy. Regulatory-tec...
07 Jan, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
IT Ministry elaborates draft DPDP rules, seeks feedback by February 18The DPDP Act and the draft rules are structured to adapt to rapid advancements in digital technologies, it added. The Data Protection Board...
05 Jan, 2025, 11.48 AM IST
Data protection rules coming soon; Swiggy’s bigger IPO raiseHappy Wednesday! The administrative rules providing specifics of the legislation governing personal data and its protection may be notified...
03 Nov, 2024, 08.45 PM IST
New rules on data protection likely to be notified soonDuring a meeting earlier this month with various industry stakeholders, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) made...
30 Oct, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
Centre to release draft data protection rules soon: IT minister Ashwini VaishnawThe government is likely to release draft rules under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act within a month, union minister Ashwini Vaish...
19 Aug, 2024, 09.35 PM IST
IT Minister’s back, policy honchos hope data rules will allay sector’s concernsThe re-appointment of Ashwini Vaishnaw as the minister of electronics and information technology has sparked hopes for continued dialogue b...
12 Jun, 2024, 06.11 AM IST
‘Govt may not have enough time to notify DPDP rules’The keenly awaited piece of legislation has huge ramifications for the technology as well as all important sectors of the economy since it ...
06 Feb, 2024, 06.01 AM IST
Companies fear new data law may upset cross-selling cartBanks, telcos say seeking user nod each time to access info to sell different products will hurt operations
12 Nov, 2023, 12.49 PM IST
Exemptions in new data bill limited to national security, public order: MoS IT Rajeev ChandrasekharIt took more than a decade - and half-a-dozen extensive iterations on the initial superstructure – for New Delhi to finally bring in a comp...
04 Aug, 2023, 07.28 AM IST
Digital Personal Data Protection bill: government may pull content or block access to platformThe measure to block access has been introduced to give the government control on repeated instances of flagrant violations of the provisio...
03 Aug, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
IAMAI terms draft data protection bill as industry-friendly; seeks clarity on implementation timelinesThe Internet and Mobile Association of India, urged the government to clearly indicate reasonable timelines by which the various provisions...
02 Jan, 2023, 08.27 PM IST
IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw set to discuss Personal Data Bill with legal experts, academicsThe closed-door meetings, likely to be chaired by Union electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, is aimed at getti...
30 Nov, 2022, 06.00 AM IST