IT companies fast aligning compliance architecture with DPDP enrouteAs India's May 2027 Digital Personal Data Protection Act deadline looms, IT majors like Infosys, Wipro, SAP, and TCS are actively strengthe...
Hospitals, insurers rejig operations as DPDP kicks in next yearIndia’s healthcare and health insurance sectors are ramping up data protection as the DPDP Act comes into force in May 2027. Hospitals and ...
Google, Meta at loggerheads over age-verification methods for child usersGoogle and Meta have different ideas on verifying children's age online. This is happening because of rules in Europe and India. Google wan...
Indian banks must urgently embrace AI, privacy technologies to comply with DPDP Act: ReportIndian banks must urgently adopt artificial intelligence (AI), privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), and privacy-by-design strategies to e...
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...
Sam Altman’s Delhi blitz; APAAR's consent dilemmaHappy Tuesday! OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will visit India on February 5. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
Experts flag APAAR risks as institutes push enrollmentExperts raise privacy concerns about the centralised APAAR student ID database, questioning its efficacy in obtaining verifiable parental c...
Online gaming firms boost legal firepower to tackle regulatory mazeOnline gaming cos are expanding their legal teams to address the evolving regulatory landscape in India. The growth is driven by new laws l...
Consumers worried about data breaches, says PwC India surveyA PwC India survey reveals widespread concern among consumers regarding data breaches and a lack of awareness about the Digital Personal Da...
GCCs see regulatory compliance as key for India expansion: SurveyGlobal capability centres (GCCs) operating in India have made it a priority to understand local compliance norms amid an evolving regulator...
Provide guidance on new data law: NasscomOrganisations that have no experience with personal data protection will potentially need the most time to comply with the Digital Personal...
Client data: Banks now fret over liabilityBank CEOs are tapping top legal minds, alerting their compliance teams, and discussing with each other to spot the pitfalls of the Digital ...
Age-gating rules apply to all firms under data lawNot just social media platforms, but all companies will need to have age verification mechanisms, otherwise, there's no way to record the v...
The data dilemma: Companies find India's privacy law a tricky maze to traverseThe implementation of India’s privacy law is keeping organisations from varied sectors — technology, banking, telecom, medicine, etc — on t...
From QR codes to tokens, firms parse ideas for age-gatingMany companies are also favouring a token-based mechanism - which is akin to tokenisation of credit cards - for obtaining verifiable parent...
MeitY to hold consultation with industry on data law this weekBig Tech companies are likely to get less time than startups, MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises), government departments and other...
New data law will be an ever-evolving act: MoS IT Rajeev ChandrasekharMinister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, says the new data law will be an ever-evolving act and its provisions will ...