Data Protection

MeitY is almost ready with the final draft of Data Protection Bill, likely to table it in February 2023

The revised and final draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill is likely to be released by the end of November or in early December for public consultation and may be tabled in Parliament during the budget session of Parliament in February next year.

Parliament panel on Information and Technology grills Twitter officials over data security, privacy

The panel says replies were 'not satisfactory'. The officials from the company, however, refuted the whistle-blower's allegations and denied there was any data security breach in India, the sources said to PTI

IT industry seeks participation in consultation for new personal data protection bill

Around a dozen of industry bodies had written to the Union IT and telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw that implementation of the proposed Data Protection Bill, would significantly degrade India's business environment and reduce foreign investment inflows

WhatsApp row: How messaging app's new privacy policy impacts legal rights of Indian citizens

With the data collected from WhatsApp, Facebook Inc may establish a monopoly in digital marketing leading to justified concerns from anti-trust activists

Regulatory cobwebs threaten to scupper India's data economy: A closer look at threats, opportunities

In its attempt to extract the maximum value from the data economy, the government must resist the temptation to be overzealous in regulation.

Google comes up with BeyondCorp Remote Access to ensure data protection

BeyondCorp helps organisations get an easier way to provide access to key internal applications.

Facebook warns of threats to innovation, freedom of expression ahead of EU rules

In a meeting on 19 February, EU is expected to propose rules to govern the use of AI especially in high-risk sectors such as healthcare and transport.

Data protection authority will be a government stooge and weaken personal data bill: Justice BN Srikrishna

Srikrishna was also critical of the government getting free access to citizens’ data.

Get your Net guard up: Tools and services that can protect your online data from hackers

Tools like Google Password Checkup and HTTPS everywhere and more can help you guard your data online.

Privacy activist Schrems raises concerns over Facebook's tools used to transfer data

Schrems challenged Facebook's use of contractual clauses saying that they do not offer sufficient data protection safeguards.