Privacy Fundamental

The government is expecting to implement the Digital Personal Data Protection law within 10 months, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. The Bill, which comes after six years of the Supreme Court declaring 'Right to Privacy' as a fundamental right, has provisions to curb the misuse of individuals' data by online platforms.

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.

Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said that the new data protection bill will be "very simple and modern". He said the right to privacy and data protection are fundamental rights in India and the data protection bill will be very progressive in recognising and enshrining these rights. The new pers...

The government will be coming out with a fresh draft of the data protection bill in the next few days, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. The minister made it clear that even in the absence of a law on data protection, one must not worry about infringement of privacy because the Supreme Court has declared it to be a fundamental ri...

The children of unwed mothers and rape victims can live in this country with the fundamental rights of privacy, liberty, and dignity, the Kerala High Court has said and allowed a person to include his mother's name.

Union Minister of Information and Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday called for a new "dynamic" legal structure which balances the right to privacy and freedom of expression and demands for regulations and control to meet challenges from unscrupulous elements in cyberspace.

The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that the provisions of the Information Technology Act do not provide for the removal of court orders passed against a person on account of his right to be forgotten.

Android 12 brings plenty of changes when it comes to privacy and the overall interface, but it will not fundamentally change the way we use our Android-powered smartphones. What also remains to be seen is how smartphone manufacturers will adapt and merge their custom skins with Google’s new Material You design language.

Facebook and WhatsApp’s pleas challenging the new IT rules for social media intermediaries will be heard by the Delhi High Court on August 27. It will require the instant messaging app to “trace” chats and make provisions to identify the first originator of information, on the ground that they violate the right to privacy and are unconstituti...

Snooping is against the fundamental rights of citizens and runs foul of the privacy judgment, the CPM said, seeking immediate Supreme Court-monitored SIT probe into the Israeli-made Pegasus spyware after reports of its use in India emerged this week.

The Delhi High Court sought the Centre's reply on a plea challenging the new IT Rules for allegedly being in gross disregard of the fundamental rights of free speech and privacy of users of social media intermediaries such as WhatsApp, Instagram.

"No fundamental right, including right to privacy, is absolute": Government on WhatsApp's lawsuit against new digital rules

WhatsApp has sued the government over new digital rules that it says violate user privacy and the fundamental right to freedom of speech. It argues strongly against breaking end-to-end encryption and tracing the "first originator" of information.

Facebook has been banned from processing personal data of WhatsApp users by German’s lead data protection regulator because it views the messaging app's new terms of use as illegal. WhatsApp says the action rested on a fundamental misunderstanding.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a petition filed by Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam who has sought a direction to the RBI to frame necessary regulations to ensure that data collected on UPI platforms is not “exploited” or used in any manner other than for processing payments.

The government is expecting to implement the Digital Personal Data Protection law within 10 months, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. The Bill, which comes after six years of the Supreme Court declaring 'Right to Privacy' as a fundamental right, has provisions to curb the misuse of individuals' data by online platforms.

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.

Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said that the new data protection bill will be "very simple and modern". He said the right to privacy and data protection are fundamental rights in India and the data protection bill will be very progressive in recognising and enshrining these rights. The new pers...

The government will be coming out with a fresh draft of the data protection bill in the next few days, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. The minister made it clear that even in the absence of a law on data protection, one must not worry about infringement of privacy because the Supreme Court has declared it to be a fundamental ri...

The children of unwed mothers and rape victims can live in this country with the fundamental rights of privacy, liberty, and dignity, the Kerala High Court has said and allowed a person to include his mother's name.

Union Minister of Information and Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday called for a new "dynamic" legal structure which balances the right to privacy and freedom of expression and demands for regulations and control to meet challenges from unscrupulous elements in cyberspace.

The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that the provisions of the Information Technology Act do not provide for the removal of court orders passed against a person on account of his right to be forgotten.

Android 12 brings plenty of changes when it comes to privacy and the overall interface, but it will not fundamentally change the way we use our Android-powered smartphones. What also remains to be seen is how smartphone manufacturers will adapt and merge their custom skins with Google’s new Material You design language.

Facebook and WhatsApp’s pleas challenging the new IT rules for social media intermediaries will be heard by the Delhi High Court on August 27. It will require the instant messaging app to “trace” chats and make provisions to identify the first originator of information, on the ground that they violate the right to privacy and are unconstituti...

Snooping is against the fundamental rights of citizens and runs foul of the privacy judgment, the CPM said, seeking immediate Supreme Court-monitored SIT probe into the Israeli-made Pegasus spyware after reports of its use in India emerged this week.

The Delhi High Court sought the Centre's reply on a plea challenging the new IT Rules for allegedly being in gross disregard of the fundamental rights of free speech and privacy of users of social media intermediaries such as WhatsApp, Instagram.

"No fundamental right, including right to privacy, is absolute": Government on WhatsApp's lawsuit against new digital rules

WhatsApp has sued the government over new digital rules that it says violate user privacy and the fundamental right to freedom of speech. It argues strongly against breaking end-to-end encryption and tracing the "first originator" of information.

Facebook has been banned from processing personal data of WhatsApp users by German’s lead data protection regulator because it views the messaging app's new terms of use as illegal. WhatsApp says the action rested on a fundamental misunderstanding.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a petition filed by Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam who has sought a direction to the RBI to frame necessary regulations to ensure that data collected on UPI platforms is not “exploited” or used in any manner other than for processing payments.