India Data Privacy

Google has introduced a new "data deletion policy", which aims to empower users with greater clarity and control over their in-app data, requiring Android apps to allow users to delete their accounts

A massive data breach that has implications for national security was unearthed by Cyberabad Police here, who arrested seven people of a gang allegedly involved in the theft and sale of sensitive data of the government and important organisations, including details of defence personnel as well as the personal and confidential data of about 16.8 crore citizens. The accused persons were found selling more than 140 different categories of information, which include sensitive information such as details of defence personnel and the mobile numbers of citizens and NEET students, among others, Cyberabad Police Commissioner M Stephen Raveendra told reporters here on Thursday. Seven data brokers were arrested from Delhi, police said adding that the accused had been operating through three companies (call centres) in Noida and other places. So far it has been found that the accused sold data to at least 100 fraudsters. Investigations are still on, police said. Sensitive data of defence ...

The govt came out with a revised version of the Personal Data Protection Bill. While finer points of the Bill are being debated, let's examine the key terms used in it that should be known by us all

India has defended stricter regulations citing the need to safeguard users' interests in a country that has more than 760 million internet users

The Indian government has junked the personal data protection bill, and decided to replace it with "a comprehensive legal framework"

The government on Wednesday withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill from the Lok Sabha

The government withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 from the Parliament on Wednesday, while promising to come back with a new draft. Why is India still waiting for a data protection law?

'Comprehensive' legislation to come, says minister

Industrial companies paid most for cyberattacks as 'threat magnitude' grows

A bill on protecting personal data may come up before Parliament's monsoon session

RBI is firm on implementing tokenisation, which will make your debit or credit card transactions more secure. The deadline to implement it has been pushed to Sept 30. Find out what is tokenisation.

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MeitY has issued a draft National Data Governance Framework to mobilise non-personal data of citizens for use by both public and private entities to improve services

The govt has come up with regulations requiring VPN service providers to collect and store a host of personal information from their subscribers. Can the new rules undermine your privacy?

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to stay the notice dated June 4, 2021, to WhatsApp by the Director-General of Competition Commission of India (CCI)

The heavy-handed ways in which the government has been behaving in shaping the narrative and curbing dissent make even genuine attempts at regulating big tech suspicious, says Choudhary

Many Indian users depend on WhatsApp for communicating; irresponsible for WhatsApp to leverage its position in the Indian market to impose unfair terms and conditions, says MeitY, according to sources

The Centre on Monday told the Delhi HC that it views the new privacy policy of WhatsApp as a violation of the Indian IT law and rules

Will follow up with reminders to users who haven't accepted privacy policy terms over next several weeks, says Facebook-owned WhatsApp

Facebook and WhatsApp have challenged the CCI's March 24 order directing a probe into the new privacy policy.