SECURE YOUR DATA: The internet can be a great ally or a formidable foe — it all depends on how adept you are at protecting your information. A cybersecurity expert offers guidance. We live in a world where every move we make on our digital devices — what we watch, read and like — leaves a…
Data protection: Can India overcome the spy-security state and big tech to enact a strong law?: The government has set up a committee headed by Justice BN Srikrishna, a former judge of the Supreme Court, to “identify key data protection issues” and “recommend methods of addressing them”. This is not the Indian state’s first foray into the…
Aadhaar Data Breach: 20,100 User Details Published On Punjab Government Website: A Punjab government entity has published the Aadhaar details of 20,100 citizens on its official website. These details include Aadhaar numbers, user names and their father’s name. The data belongs to people who have applied for low-cost housing in Ludhiana and Jagraon in Punjab.…
Privacy in the digital age: The current focus on the right to privacy is based on some new realities of the digital age. Personal spaces and safeties that were previously granted simply by physical separation are no longer protected. The digital network enters the most proximate spaces and challenges the normally accepted notions of the private. It…
On the Indian Government’s Data Protection committee: India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) has set up a committee to look into data protection in India, even as the government of India argues in the Supreme Court that there is no fundamental right to privacy. The committee has 8 weeks to give its recommendations.…
Data protection and privacy: choices before India: How do we uphold data privacy in a “smart” world dominated by the Internet of Things (IoT), sensors, algorithms and apps? Can individuals have a meaningful degree of control over the vast amount of personally identifiable information (PII) generated and transacted across platforms in cyber space? Read More
Indians Call For More Stringent Data Protection Laws: The government is India is facing calls to establish better cybersecurity laws to protect consumers’ data after fears have crept up that Reliance Jio, the telecom startup in India, suffered a major data leak. According to a report in Reuters announcing the news, Jio denied the data leak took place, saying…