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WhatsApp to give option to review policy updates amid controversy

WhatsApp has clarified that the update only impacts the way users interact with WhatsApp business accounts.

Best of BS Opinion: The joker in the pack, data anonymity, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day.

Expert committee invites public comments on Non-Personal Data framework

Kris Gopalakrishnan-led panel shares insights of regulatory aspects of NPD, harnessing economic value of data and various legal aspects related to digital regulatory framework

Google loses appeal against $56 mn fine in France in privacy breach case

Google appealed the penalty issued by the French data privacy watchdog to the Council of State, France's final arbiter in such cases

Sterlite tech says manufacturing capacities now close to pre-Covid levels

The company, which designs and deploys high-capacity converged fibre and wireless networks, said it is taking all precautions to ensure safety of workers at its sites

Covid-19 impact: Govt holds back April CPI citing data collection issues

But it did revise the CPI inflation for March to 5.84 per cent from 5.91 per cent

Draft data protection Bill: Centre's exemption powers worry industry

The draft bill also states that the central government can frame policy for the digital economy with respect to non-personal data

Any attempt to create monopoly on data will not be acceptable: Govt

'India takes privacy seriously of which informational privacy is an integral part, and data imperialism will not be acceptable'

India should keep the doors open for data flow: Facebook's Ajit Mohan

India has benefited from those who have been open - the first wave of information and technology companies

Is data the new oil?

Mukesh Ambani is neither the first nor the only one to say so. Many have said it before. He made the line popular in India along with Jio

Data localisation: A giant leap backward

The authorities' data policy is reminiscent of the Coca Cola episode of the 1970s