Among its contentious clauses is one that grants blanket exemption to central investigative agencies on the grounds of national security. India’s Supreme Court is currently deliberating a petition ...

The Insurance Information Bureau of India (IIB) has elevated Krishan Dev Nidumolu as Vice President, Information Security and ...

India should mandate multinational big tech companies and hyperscalers to create localized data centres in India and ask them ...

India’s digital transition in recent decades has led to a blurring of boundaries between the public and private, with calls for increased privacy protection amid the need for transparency and ...

The Indian government’s Personal Data Protection Bill of 2019 (PDP Bill) was withdrawn in August 2022 after criticism from the opposition, tech giants and civil society. The government admitted the ...

We are living in a time when personal dignity is just a click away from violation. The ease with which deepfakes, intimate photos, and AI-generated information can be produced, disseminated, and used ...

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As India's DPDP Act reshapes the data economy, consent is quietly becoming a balance sheet asset and the companies building the architecture around it may define the next decade of digital commerce ...

India’s data protection law assigns accountability based not on geography but on control, placing full compliance and penalty ...

July 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Last year, responding to reports of breaches of data from India's CoWIN vaccine portal, the head of the National Health Authority, RS Sharma, said that it had ...

Innovations in India’s digital public infrastructure ecosystem have not only enhanced basic societal functions, they have also provided a pathway to democratize data and return to the people control ...