Centre moves SC for transfer of pleas against transgender law from high courtsThe government has approached the Supreme Court to centralize all legal challenges against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) (...
27 May, 2026, 01.39 PM IST
Apple, Google push for judicial oversight in Canada online safety billApple and Google are urging Canada to amend Bill C-22, seeking judicial oversight to prevent secret orders that could force them to break e...
27 May, 2026, 08.02 AM IST
Claiming your inheritance by executing a Will: What legal heirs must know about nominees, probate and asset transfersExecuting a Will in India is often more complex than believed, involving numerous institutions and documentation hurdles. Nominees do not a...
23 May, 2026, 10.44 AM IST
SC likely to hear petitions challenging sections of India’s first privacy law this monthThe petitioners are the Reporters' Collective, the Editors Guild of India, the National Campaign for People's Right to Information, Mazdoor...
13 May, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Trader Joe’s $7.4 Million Settlement: Eligible shoppers can claim class action money — Here’s how to file a claim and when you will get itThe class action lawsuit, filed in 2019 by plaintiff Brian Keim, alleged that Trader Joe’s violated the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactio...
16 Apr, 2026, 05.43 PM IST
Elon Musk's xAI sues Colorado over state's new AI lawThe company says the law would force it to alter its flagship AI model, Grok, to reflect the state's views on diversity and discrimination...
10 Apr, 2026, 10.37 AM IST
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...
20 Aug, 2025, 10.41 PM IST
Civil society seeks rollback of DPDP changes to RTI ActOver 30 civil society groups launched a campaign to revoke a provision in the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act that amends the R...
22 Mar, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Aadhaar vetting by private entities against Supreme Court ruling: ExpertsThe Supreme Court in its 2018 judgement had held that Aadhaar could be used for welfare, but it recognised a fundamental right to privacy a...
26 Apr, 2023, 07.19 AM IST
Cabinet gives nod to make Aadhaar voluntary for mobile, bank accountsThe Cabinet approved amendments to the Telegraph Act and the PMLA on the use of Aadhaar by private firms.
18 Dec, 2018, 08.39 AM IST
There is need for a new law for data privacy: Supratim Chakraborty, Khaitan & Co LLPAmendments by sectoral regulators bringing their regulations in line with the Bill may also be considered on a case by case basis.
20 Sep, 2018, 01.44 PM IST
Good for Aadhaar, good for People: UIDAI CEO on Srikrishna reportThe committee has proposed enforcement powers to UIDAI like other regulatory bodies and the power to impose civil penalties – which will ad...
28 Jul, 2018, 10.07 AM IST
Supreme Court may take inputs from Srikrishna panel report on data privacy: Nandan NilekaniThe report also points to the lapses in the Aadhaar framework, saying that there aren’t enough safeguards to prevent data breaches.
28 Jul, 2018, 08.09 AM IST
India may amend law to step up cyber security: RK SudhanshuThe department is already engaged in this detailing exercise and may amend the law to make cyberspace more secure, Sudhanshu said at a conf...
09 Jul, 2016, 03.34 AM IST
DeitY working on new encryption, privacy policies, says officialHe added that the existing cyber laws have not been able to keep pace with recent cybercrimes, and require suitable amendments.
08 Jul, 2016, 06.26 PM IST
Rajya Sabha would have pushed Aadhaar Law into realm of unconstitutionality, says FM Arun JaitleyIn a Facebook post, the FM said had the amendment approved by Rajya Sabha been accepted, the encroachment to the Right of Privacy would be ...
19 Mar, 2016, 01.47 AM IST
Government washes hands of Google's new privacy policyThe govt has more or less washed its hands of Google's new privacy policy that is being criticised in Europe and elsewhere.
10 Apr, 2012, 03.48 PM IST