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Sharing video footage of polling stations breaches voters' privacy: EC officialsElection Commission officials have resisted demands to release webcasting footage from polling stations, citing privacy and security concer...21 Jun, 2025, 03.37 PM IST- Write to EC formally: Poll panel sources on Rahul Gandhi seeking reply on election rigging claimFollowing Rahul Gandhi's allegations of rigging in Maharashtra polls, the Election Commission sources stated they would respond only to a d...08 Jun, 2025, 02.31 PM IST
- EC to talk Aadhaar seeding for voter IDs with top officials on TuesdayThe Election Commission will meet with key officials on March 18 to discuss linking voter IDs with Aadhaar cards. Amid political concerns o...15 Mar, 2025, 10.33 PM IST
- California passes law protecting consumer brain dataThe new law, which passed both the California Assembly and the Senate with no voter opposition, amends the state's current personal privacy...30 Sep, 2024, 12.20 PM IST
- Linking Aadhaar to voter card: SC asks Cong leader Surjewala to approach HCCongress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala, who has challenged the Election Law (Amendment) Act, 2021 that enables linking of electoral roll d...25 Jul, 2022, 03.27 PM IST
- Govt notifies rules allowing linking of Aadhar numbers with electoral roll dataLaw Minister Kiren Rijiju took to Twitter to announce that four notifications in this regard have been issued in consultation with the Elec...18 Jun, 2022, 07.25 PM IST
- Privacy advocates slam bill that allows linking of Aadhaar to voter IDThe government has said that linking Aadhaar to Voter IDs is key to weeding out fake and duplicate voter cards and making elections fair an...22 Dec, 2021, 07.13 PM IST
- Some good, little bad from Aadhaar-linkHowever, to the extent the linking of voter ID with Aadhaar is voluntary and not mandatory, it blocks the second potential benefit.21 Dec, 2021, 11.44 PM IST
- Lok Sabha nod to Bill on electoral reforms; opposition questions tearing hurry, Aadhaar linkageThe Election Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021 was passed by a voice vote after a brief discussion during which some opposition members demanded t...20 Dec, 2021, 08.32 PM IST
- Election Commission push for pending poll reforms at law ministry meetThe amendments needed for linking voter ID with Aadhaar, allowing multiple registration windows to a new voter and ensuring gender neutral ...16 Feb, 2020, 11.21 PM IST
- Linking of Aadhaar & Voter ID may be made mandatoryElection commission plans to propose amendments to the Representation of the People Act.13 Dec, 2018, 05.12 PM IST
- Publishing voters' list may undergo change after data privacy lawEC website publishes a list of registered voters and their personal details including gender and voter ID, both of which are considered sen...07 Aug, 2018, 09.29 AM IST
- Cambridge Analytica scandal: Parliamentary panel to decide on summon to Facebook on April 6Standing committee, headed by BJP MP Anurag Thakur, is scheduled to meet on April 6 when it will be briefed on citizens’ data security and ...02 Apr, 2018, 07.19 AM IST
- Facebook breach: Privacy advocates in India seek stronger data lawsIn a statement to ET, Facebook said there was no breach of its data base and that protecting people’s information was core to the company.20 Mar, 2018, 08.41 AM IST
- 86% of people want a law to protect private info: StudyThe survey divided choices of citizens into different categories. A core 10% voted for making only iris/retina, fingerprint scan and DNA in...02 Jun, 2017, 11.08 AM IST
- Centre, Election Commission at loggerheads in SC on vote counting issueEC tells SC that it was against booth-wise declaration of vote count in polls and asked the Centre to amend rules to introduce cluster coun...08 Apr, 2017, 11.49 AM IST
- Government making it easier for cyber-criminals to steal your personal information?Various govt agencies have put vast amount of personal information online, often with little barrier to access and with hardly any provisio...03 Jan, 2014, 08.56 AM IST
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