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Investors unhappy over lack of disclosures at Sun Pharma; stocks’ fall continue as SEBI may reopen insider trading case

In August 2017, Sun Pharma, Shanghvi and nine other entities settled an insider trading probe on payment of Rs 18 lakh towards settlement charges. Sources said SEBI is likely to reopen the case.

UK market watchdog opens up an investigation into the Equifax hack

Equifax has said that 15.2 million records on British citizens were involved in the breach, including sensitive data on 693,665 individuals.

Data protection watchdog, CNIL slaps Facebook with $166,000 fine for failing to maintain data privacy

Facebook has been fined 150,000 euros ($166,000) by France's data protection watchdog for failing to prevent its users' data being accessed by advertisers.

Privacy watchdog in Ireland challenges Facebook's data transfer mechanism in EU Court

Ireland's privacy watchdog has launched a bid to refer Facebook's data transfer mechanism to the European Union's top court in a landmark case that could put the shifting of data across the Atlantic under renewed legal threat.

Skip the convenience charge for payments on digital systems, says Trai

Banks should eliminate convenience charges to implement digital payment system across the country in the post-demonetisation era, said Trai official on Monday.

Deeper look needs to be taken at blockchain: EU watchdog

The European Union's markets watchdog will study blockchain in more depth after an initial analysis showed it was too early to say whether the technology poses any threat to financial markets.

TRAI issues consultation paper on free data

The Indian telecom watchdog, TRAI on Thursday floated a consultation paper in an effort to explore transparent models that can achieve benefits of free data.

Paris attack hostage sues TV and radio journalists for exposing his hiding place

The Paris prosecutor's' office says an investigation has been opened after one of the hostages in the January attacks around Paris sued some television and radio stations for having put his life in danger.

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