India lacks legal framework to ensure data protection, say experts
At 462.12 million, India has the second highest number of internet users in the world after China but lacks the legal framework to…
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Data protection laws in India
The Government of India has both an obligation to ensure that its actions do not violate a citizen’s privacy and to ensure that…
Privacy in cyberspace
Protecting individual rights should be at the core of data protection legislation
Cyber security conference: ‘The need to have a cyber security mindset’
Balsingh Rajput, Superintendent of Police (Cyber), said it was important for the law enforcement authorities and businesses to…
Government mulls using surveillance gadgets to bolster airport security
A new proposal to bolster security at country’s major civil airports by “rationalising” about 3,000 CISF personnel and…
India can create data democracy that gives control to people: Nilekani
Delivering the sixth C K Prahlad memorial lecture, the architect of the Aadhaar system said there is a need for not just data…
Cybersecurity: ‘Understand threats, treat digital lives as real lives to prevent attacks’
BSNL further said that the affected devices that it identified were mostly of customers that still had default “admin” password on…
Indians trading personal information for free mobile apps, finds study
With a rise in smartphone adoption, more and more Indians are sharing their personal information in exchange for free mobile…
India needs regulatory standards on privacy and security of health records: Arvind Sivaramakrishnan,…
Tele-health solutions can greatly enable healthcare access and delivery in the rural sector. Ensuring that the telecommunication…
Location data on just two apps is enough to identify someone, says study
Stripping a big data set of names and personal details is no guarantee of privacy. Previous research has shown that individual…