Digital Privacy

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has named ‘stealth addresses’ as a potential solution that could safeguard all the information that is saved on the public blockchain. These stealth addresses can add anonymity to the peer-to-peer transactions of digital assets.

"It (CBDC) goes from my mobile to somebody else's mobile. So why should we create this fear psychosis?," Shaktikanta Das asked.

Building on the foundation of data privacy, MYn does not collect, share, or sell user data, and fosters a digital world free of targeted advertisements

India's previous attempt at framing a law on personal-data protection had made 21 references to "privacy," starting by acknowledging it as a fundamental right.

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill will also hold the government liable in case of a data breach, a government source said on Saturday.

The government on Friday proposed a new data privacy law that allows the transfer and storage of personal data in some countries while raising the penalty for violations. The draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill 2022 will be a great relief for Google, Amazon, Facebook and other global firms as it replaces an earlier version that had a...

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill was reintroduced by the Government on Friday, as part of the proposed privacy law that will govern the transfer of data to certain countries abroad. The revised draft of the regulation allows the government to specify countries or territories outside India to which entities managing data can transfer person...

Japan has begun pushing its citizens to sign up for digital IDs, plastic My Number cards equipped with microchips and photos, or lose access to public health insurance and other services. My number cards will be linked to drivers' licenses and the public health insurance plans. Health insurance cards now in use, which lack photos, will be discontin...

Ashwini Vaishnaw, the country’s IT and Communications Minister, announced recently that the government is working on a new Data Protection Bill and the Digital India Act. It will also upload a new Telecom Bill in the coming days, the minister stated.

The Shashi Tharoor-led panel has been holding meetings with various stakeholders including tech companies, social media firms, ministries and other regulators on the issue of citizens' data security and privacy.

Top officials of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) have reportedly been summoned by a parliamentary panel to question them about a tender seeking to monetise digital data of the Indian Railways and the IRCTC.

The IRCTC has floated a tender as part of a project aimed at ‘digital data monetisation’, according to the public sector undertaking, which is looking to hire a consultant to monetise data from the railway’s passenger, freight, parcel, catering, tourism, and other operations. Meanwhile, digital liberties group Internet Freedom Foundation has ...

The central government said it will introduce a new framework in place of the withdrawn Personal Data Protection Bill that covers all aspects of digital economy with dedicated rules for data privacy, emerging technologies, and data governance framework, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday. The next version of the bill along with I...

The government on Wednesday withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2021 from parliament, stating that it would be replaced with a comprehensive framework of Global standard laws including Digital Privacy laws for contemporary and future challenges. The legislation, which had alarmed big tech firms, has been under consideration for several year...

China will fully respect privacy and protect personal information in using the digital yuan, state media quoted a senior central bank official as saying on Sunday, as Beijing encourages greater adoption of e-CNY.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has named ‘stealth addresses’ as a potential solution that could safeguard all the information that is saved on the public blockchain. These stealth addresses can add anonymity to the peer-to-peer transactions of digital assets.

"It (CBDC) goes from my mobile to somebody else's mobile. So why should we create this fear psychosis?," Shaktikanta Das asked.

Building on the foundation of data privacy, MYn does not collect, share, or sell user data, and fosters a digital world free of targeted advertisements

India's previous attempt at framing a law on personal-data protection had made 21 references to "privacy," starting by acknowledging it as a fundamental right.

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill will also hold the government liable in case of a data breach, a government source said on Saturday.

The government on Friday proposed a new data privacy law that allows the transfer and storage of personal data in some countries while raising the penalty for violations. The draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill 2022 will be a great relief for Google, Amazon, Facebook and other global firms as it replaces an earlier version that had a...

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill was reintroduced by the Government on Friday, as part of the proposed privacy law that will govern the transfer of data to certain countries abroad. The revised draft of the regulation allows the government to specify countries or territories outside India to which entities managing data can transfer person...

Japan has begun pushing its citizens to sign up for digital IDs, plastic My Number cards equipped with microchips and photos, or lose access to public health insurance and other services. My number cards will be linked to drivers' licenses and the public health insurance plans. Health insurance cards now in use, which lack photos, will be discontin...

Ashwini Vaishnaw, the country’s IT and Communications Minister, announced recently that the government is working on a new Data Protection Bill and the Digital India Act. It will also upload a new Telecom Bill in the coming days, the minister stated.

The Shashi Tharoor-led panel has been holding meetings with various stakeholders including tech companies, social media firms, ministries and other regulators on the issue of citizens' data security and privacy.

Top officials of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) have reportedly been summoned by a parliamentary panel to question them about a tender seeking to monetise digital data of the Indian Railways and the IRCTC.

The IRCTC has floated a tender as part of a project aimed at ‘digital data monetisation’, according to the public sector undertaking, which is looking to hire a consultant to monetise data from the railway’s passenger, freight, parcel, catering, tourism, and other operations. Meanwhile, digital liberties group Internet Freedom Foundation has ...

The central government said it will introduce a new framework in place of the withdrawn Personal Data Protection Bill that covers all aspects of digital economy with dedicated rules for data privacy, emerging technologies, and data governance framework, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday. The next version of the bill along with I...

The government on Wednesday withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2021 from parliament, stating that it would be replaced with a comprehensive framework of Global standard laws including Digital Privacy laws for contemporary and future challenges. The legislation, which had alarmed big tech firms, has been under consideration for several year...

China will fully respect privacy and protect personal information in using the digital yuan, state media quoted a senior central bank official as saying on Sunday, as Beijing encourages greater adoption of e-CNY.