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Media houses, search engines given key "right to be forgotten" order in Moser Baer money laundering-linked caseThe order adds to a growing body of decisions acknowledging that digital archives, while central to transparency, can also act as permanent...
RTI Act amendment through data protection law balances it with privacy rights: Ashwini VaishnawThe government informed Parliament that amendments to the RTI Act, through the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, balance the right to p...
Aadhaar biometric authentication likely to be mandatory to buy new mobile number soonIt is likely that an individual will have to provide his/her Aadhaar number and undertake biometric authentication to get a new mobile numb...
PAN won't become inoperative if not linked to Aadhaar till SC judgement: Gujarat High courtThe deadline for linking of PAN and Aadhar had been extended several times and now the new deadline is March 31, 2020. So, if a person does...
Why haven't banks filed cases against defaulters: Supreme CourtA bench led by Justice SK Kaul, after a brief hearing, gave four weeks' time to the government and the RBI to respond to the allegations th...
Supreme Court directs CBI to file status report on investigation into intercepted conversations of Niira RadiaThe top court was hearing Tata's petition seeking action against those involved in the leakage of the tapes alleging the leakage amounts to...
Permitting illegally intercepted messages as evidence leads to scant regard to fundamental rights: HCThe high court said as per the provisions of the Telegraph Act, an order for interception can be issued on either the occurrence of any pub...
Pegasus row: Supreme Court to pronounce judgment on probe pleas todaySeveral petitions are pending before the top court seeking a court-monitored probe into the reports of the government allegedly using Israe...
View: Official response to Pegasus must be clearer. Plus, system of authorising surveillance is flawedAccording to NSO, this spyware is sold only to governments to investigate and prevent terrorist and national security incidents. Even appli...
New plea in Kerala HC against Aarogya Setu appThis is the second petition in the last one week against the government’s directive to compulsorily download the app for all public and pri...
Govt exemptions in Personal Data Protection law can be challenged in court, says Justice SrikrishnaJustice Srikrishna had told ET in December that the new proposed government exemptions could turn India into an Orwellian state. On Thursda...
Will challenge verdict, says another early petitionerThomas alleged that the Centre collecting personal data of citizens including the army and police personnel and handing them over to foreig...
Aadhaar petitioner Justice KS Puttaswamy hails verdictCase filed in 2012 Karnataka HC former judge feared govt’s data gathering exercise would intrude into privacy of individuals
What the first Aadhaar petitioner has to say about the judgment
Aadhaar petitioner Justice KS Puttaswamy welcomes Supreme Court verdictThat, however, did not deter the former judge of the Karnataka High Court from continuing his fight against the controversial project.
SC rules Aadhaar valid, but to be used for limited purposesNot mandatory for banks and phones and school admissions; needed for PAN and IT filing
Centre collecting, using personal information illegally, says government committee“The public and private sector are collecting and using personal data on an unprecedented scale," the Committee of Experts noted.
Aadhaar project draws IB’s ire over issuing cards to refugees, foreignersIB raised the objections at a November 6 meeting of senior officials of the investigative agency, the home ministry and UIDAI.
Don't deny benefits to those without Aadhar: Supreme Court to GovtThe Supreme Court has ordered the government not to withhold any social benefits from those who are yet to get the Aadhar card.
- Yeddyurappa increases pressure on BJP to fast-forward reinstatement; fields rebel Puttaswamy for RS polls
BJP leader said a consensus may elude the party’s central leadership on the issue of reappointing Yeddyurappa, in which case Gadkari may go...