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EU, India, 8 other countries call for int'l cooperation on data protection

The joint declaration emphasised on safeguards for international transfers to enable cross-border data flows by ensuring that the protection travels with the data

Hoping Parliament clears data protection law by Monsoon session: Vaishnaw

Extensive deliberations are on over various aspects and suggestions related to the draft data protection Bill, and the government hopes to resolve certain complex issues soon, Ashwini Vaishnaw said

Ditch sticky notes and pets' names: How to have safe passwords in 2022

We routinely ignore the recommendations for good passwords in the name of convenience

Best of BS Opinion: Hindutva's damaging game, protection from DPA & more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Tuesday

Disappointing report

House panel report on data protection Bill has many holes

Top headlines: India Inc faces stricter code, Meta cracks on surveillance

India Inc's corporate governance mettle will soon be put to the test with a stricter framework. More on top headlines this morning

12 recommendations made by Parl panel in report on Personal Data Protection

Platforms as publishers; covering personal, non-personal data suggested

India adopting most progressive data protection, crypto laws: Mukesh Ambani

Ambani, who owns Reliance Jio, India's largest mobile service provider, also lent support to blockchain and real time tech to improve financial access

Parliament committee on data protection likely to table report on Dec 21

This is for the sixth time the committee's tenure has been extended

Data protection law will bring clarity, help research: Kris Gopalakrishnan

Infosys co-founder was heading a committee on non-personal data protection bill, which had submitted its report to govt a few months back

Personal data bill not enough to protect citizens' rights: Advocacy group

Legislation that Parliament's Winter Session will take up next week wades into areas beyond ambit given to it, say experts.

Pak's main citizenry database compromised: Top security agency to Par panel

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) informed a Parliament panel about the breach

Privacy law compliance can be staggered to help start-ups: MeitY official

'We will see to it that compliance does not trump the benefits that we want to bring to the technology ecosystem and citizens with the bill', said MeiTy Additional Secretary Dr Rajendra Kumar

States not consulted on data protection frameworks, says BJD MP

State govts have not been consulted on the personal data protection bill as well as the framework for non-personal data protection which may lead to problems in implementation of the proposed law

How does data protection officer build trust in customers via Privacy Engineering?

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WhatsApp privacy case must be decided in a month, says EU watchdog

EU privacy watchdog EDPB on Wednesday gave the Irish data protection agency a month to issue a long-delayed decision on compliance by WhatsApp after its peers objected to its draft finding

Did central planning end in July 1991?

Government picking winners is alive and well

WhatsApp's tactical retreat

Govt must move fast on personal data protection law

Privacy policy on hold till data protection bill comes into force: WhatsApp

The single judge on April 22 said that he saw no merit in the petitions of Facebook and WhatsApp to interdict the investigation directed by the CCI.

China orders Didi to be removed from app stores, days after mega US listing

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said on its social media feed that it had ordered Didi to make changes to comply with Chinese data protection rules.