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Govt to amend Aadhaar law to align with data privacy Act

The government will update the Aadhaar Act, 2016, to align it with the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023.

April 9, 2025 20:18 IST

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Strategy Decoded: Data hygiene in times of data deluge

In 2024, the world generated 147 zettabytes of data, equivalent to 149 billion 1TB hard drives. Every digital activity, from…

April 7, 2025 05:22 IST

AI, technology, Artificial Intelligence, tech, cybersecurity, data privacy, model integrity, cyber resilience

New Battleground: Targeted solutions to counter AI risks

AI adoption brings new cybersecurity risks. Check Point’s solutions help businesses mitigate threats, improve cloud security, and enhance AI-driven defense…

March 20, 2025 17:14 IST

HDFC Life Insurance Company, data theft, security protocols, customer data

HDFC Life says November data theft had no ‘material impact’, assures of improved security protocols

HDFC Life said that the data theft that was reported in November 2024, did not result in any adverse material…

March 13, 2025 16:24 IST

Tech, technology, data, data protection, Starlink, Play Store, Gmail, YouTube

Regulate to compete with Big Tech

India needs to strengthen data protection with the implementation of the new law to ensure platform neutrality. It should also…

March 13, 2025 06:00 IST

Verifiable parental consent, CUTS, Consumer Unity and Trust Society, technology, DPDP

Verifiable parental consent may cost Rs 1 crore annually to firms: CUTS

According to CUTS, the DPDP rules could avoid specifying particular approaches to age assurance, methods, data sources, or technical solutions…

February 27, 2025 00:30 IST

credit information companies, CICs, RBI, Reserve Bank of India, credit data, financial ecosystem, finance

CICs: A need for stronger safeguards

Ensuring fair, error-free data is fundamental to build trust in our financial ecosystem, more importantly in credit information companies handling…

February 7, 2025 04:00 IST

Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, Draft Digital Personal Data Protection bill, data protection, opinion

Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025: Empowering privacy, enforcing security

The eagerly awaited regulations aim to tackle implementation hurdles, procedural discrepancies, and areas needing greater clarity within the Act.

January 23, 2025 02:15 IST

technology, data, data protection, DPDP, Digital Personal Data Protection, data transfers

Draft DPDP rules tightens grip on data handling

The provisions on cross-border data transfers, which allow the government to impose additional requirements through general or special orders, also…

January 4, 2025 03:10 IST

data protection, mha, technology, Data Protection Board, Digital Personal Data Protection Act, DPDP

Data protection rules get home ministry’s nod

Entities found guilty of data breaches could face penalties of up to Rs 250 crore per incident, underscoring the government’s…

January 2, 2025 05:45 IST

Is AI ignoring consent and harming users?

India has taken steps to safeguard digital consumer welfare with the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, and the…

November 22, 2024 04:00 IST

technology, data protection, data protection law, banks, insurance firms, e-commerce firms, Data Protection Board, Tech

Implementation of data protection law may take more than a year

While sharing data with any entity, consumers will have the right to ask its purpose, uses it can be put…

November 16, 2024 05:30 IST

Technology, stakeholder, market, growth, data protection

Regulatory fog around emerging technology

Despite this ostrich mindset, data continues to leak like viral videos, while institutions bask in self-praise for supposedly robust data…

October 30, 2024 04:00 IST

Data protection Act rules for consultation by month end

It assumes significance as despite being passed a year back, the implementation of the Act remains dependent on accompanying rules,…

September 18, 2024 15:10 IST

fintech, fraud prevention, data analytics, e-commerce, digital payments, payment frauds, data protection, financial Institutions, Predictive analytics, pattern recognition

Role of data analytics in fraud prevention for fintech

The growth in digital payments has come with its own set of challenges. The exponential increase in digital payments has…

September 3, 2024 13:18 IST

Data deletion is costly: Privacy-related regulations underscore the need for a more nuanced approach

Social media platforms, functioning as both communication channels and advertising hubs, have transformed the advertising landscape, offering targeted reach.

August 30, 2024 04:15 IST

Lateral Movement is the clearest sign of ransomware attack.

New research finds that lateral movement is a clear sign of ransomware attack

Ransomware attacks on the increase in healthcare and manufacturing with 44% of them being detected through lateral movement.

August 26, 2024 13:32 IST

To enhance the capacity of the DPB, we propose that the rules provide a tiered structural design for enforcing data protection and privacy.

Data protection board: A way forward

It is essential for the upcoming Digital Personal Data Protection rules to be guided by best practices followed globally and…

June 28, 2024 04:30 IST

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