Public Database

Draft on data anonymisation missing from website week after release

Documents were to be open for public comments till September 21, civil society groups protest 'removal'

TikTok hacked, over 2 bn user database records stolen: Security researchers

Cyber-security researchers on Monday discovered a potential data breach in Chinese short-form video app TikTok, allegedly involving up to 2 billion user database records

What is data anonymisation?

A top Google executive recently said that large-scale sharing of citizen data - even if it is anonymised - can compromise users' privacy. So what is anonymised data and why has it triggered debate?

Google executive warns against sharing of citizen data, even if anonymized

India in February published a draft data policy for public consultation saying all data collected, stored by government ministries and departments will be open and shareable barring exceptions

Sebi comes out with terms of usage of data for securities market

Apart from the data made available free of cost, data which is chargeable should be appropriately identified as such in public domain: Sebi

BS Number Wise: Why public data needs to be accessible, free and reliable

Trustworthy data, then, should be a resolution for 2022

Data and the Indian state

A set of essays examines the interaction between the expansion of the digital economy and India's socio-political framework

PM suggests creating area-wise skill database to help firms, job-seekers

The Prime Minister said a time will come when people want to do a job in the areas near their houses

Sebi amends insider trading norms; entities to maintain database on UPSI

This comes after the board of Sebi approved a proposal in this regard last month

Will place draft e-comm policy in public domain to seek views: DPIIT Secy

DPIIT Secretary Guruprasad Mohapatra said the ecommerce is a fast emerging sector and it is difficult to predict where it will go in the next couple of years

Govt may ask social media cos to maintain database of active mobile numbers

Social media companies with more than fifty lakh users in India will be categorised as significant social media intermediaries

Building the elephant

Linking big datasets from various sources/registers is a daunting task. However, large-scale data-linking is not new

Countering surveillance

Both legal and technical gaps need to be plugged