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Why India's New Data Law Is A Costly Wake-Up Call
DPDP Act: A startup spending Rs 1-2 crore annually could see operational costs rise by an additional Rs 20-40 lakh, as per experts.
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China Passes Tough New Online Privacy Law
China passed a sweeping privacy law aimed at preventing businesses from collecting sensitive personal data Friday, as the country faces an uptick in internet scams and Beijing targets tech giants hoovering up personal data.
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Cabinet Clears Data Privacy Bill, Will Be Tabled In Parliament
Personal Data Protection Bill will be tabled in the ongoing Winter Session of parliament in the next few days, after it was cleared today by a Union Cabinet meeting headed by Prime Minister Modi.
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Google To Pay Out $150-200 Million Over YouTube Privacy Claims: Reports
Google will pay $150-200 million to settle allegations YouTube violated a children's privacy law while gathering data to better target its adverts, US media reports said on Friday.
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Data Cannot Be Misused To Impact Free Choice: Ravi Shankar Prasad
The government on Friday reiterated its firm stand on data privacy and against online platforms abusing data to impact free choice in India.
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Harvard Withdraws 10 Acceptances For 'Offensive' Memes In Private Group Chat
A messaging group created by Harvard College students to share popular culture memes got an offshoot group, where the exchanges took a dark turn, according to an article published in the Harvard Crimson.
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Data Collection By Private Agencies Under Aadhar Not A Good Idea: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today refused to expedite the hearing of Aadhar cases challenging the constitutional validity of the scheme but observed that data collection by private agencies is not a good idea.
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UK Lawmakers Criticise Government's Planned New Surveillance Law
Britain unveiled the bill in November after police and intelligence agencies warned they had fallen behind those they were trying to track.
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French Data Privacy Regulator Cracks Down On Facebook
The French data protection authority on Monday gave Facebook three months to stop tracking non-users' web activity without their consent and ordered the social network to stop transferring personal data to the United States.
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German Court Declares 93-Year-Old Auschwitz SS Guard Fit for Trial
The trial of a 93-year-old former SS guard accused of being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau will open in mid-February, a court spokeswoman said on Monday.
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Dutch Court Frees Man 'Pretending' to be Jihadist
A Dutch court acquitted a Moroccan suspected of planning a local terror attack and going to Syria to join Islamic State militants, saying today the would-be jihadist "pretended to be somebody he was not."
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Russian Parliament Votes to Adopt Controversial Privacy Law
Under the new law, a person can request that search engines remove the search results of their name if the information about them is "no longer relevant".
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Google under investigation in Spain over alleged privacy law breaches
The Spanish Data Protection Agency said it found evidence of five serious privacy law breaches each punishable with fines of up to 300,000 euros.
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Google and Spain wrestle over EU privacy law
The European court will try to determine if Google can be considered the "controller", or just a host of information.
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EU regulators take aim at Google privacy policy
Regulators view the bundling of data on users as potentially constituting a high risk to individuals' privacy.
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Why India's New Data Law Is A Costly Wake-Up Call
DPDP Act: A startup spending Rs 1-2 crore annually could see operational costs rise by an additional Rs 20-40 lakh, as per experts.
-
China Passes Tough New Online Privacy Law
China passed a sweeping privacy law aimed at preventing businesses from collecting sensitive personal data Friday, as the country faces an uptick in internet scams and Beijing targets tech giants hoovering up personal data.
-
Cabinet Clears Data Privacy Bill, Will Be Tabled In Parliament
Personal Data Protection Bill will be tabled in the ongoing Winter Session of parliament in the next few days, after it was cleared today by a Union Cabinet meeting headed by Prime Minister Modi.
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Google To Pay Out $150-200 Million Over YouTube Privacy Claims: Reports
Google will pay $150-200 million to settle allegations YouTube violated a children's privacy law while gathering data to better target its adverts, US media reports said on Friday.
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Data Cannot Be Misused To Impact Free Choice: Ravi Shankar Prasad
The government on Friday reiterated its firm stand on data privacy and against online platforms abusing data to impact free choice in India.
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Harvard Withdraws 10 Acceptances For 'Offensive' Memes In Private Group Chat
A messaging group created by Harvard College students to share popular culture memes got an offshoot group, where the exchanges took a dark turn, according to an article published in the Harvard Crimson.
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Data Collection By Private Agencies Under Aadhar Not A Good Idea: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today refused to expedite the hearing of Aadhar cases challenging the constitutional validity of the scheme but observed that data collection by private agencies is not a good idea.
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UK Lawmakers Criticise Government's Planned New Surveillance Law
Britain unveiled the bill in November after police and intelligence agencies warned they had fallen behind those they were trying to track.
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French Data Privacy Regulator Cracks Down On Facebook
The French data protection authority on Monday gave Facebook three months to stop tracking non-users' web activity without their consent and ordered the social network to stop transferring personal data to the United States.
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German Court Declares 93-Year-Old Auschwitz SS Guard Fit for Trial
The trial of a 93-year-old former SS guard accused of being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau will open in mid-February, a court spokeswoman said on Monday.
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Dutch Court Frees Man 'Pretending' to be Jihadist
A Dutch court acquitted a Moroccan suspected of planning a local terror attack and going to Syria to join Islamic State militants, saying today the would-be jihadist "pretended to be somebody he was not."
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Russian Parliament Votes to Adopt Controversial Privacy Law
Under the new law, a person can request that search engines remove the search results of their name if the information about them is "no longer relevant".
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Google under investigation in Spain over alleged privacy law breaches
The Spanish Data Protection Agency said it found evidence of five serious privacy law breaches each punishable with fines of up to 300,000 euros.
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Google and Spain wrestle over EU privacy law
The European court will try to determine if Google can be considered the "controller", or just a host of information.
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EU regulators take aim at Google privacy policy
Regulators view the bundling of data on users as potentially constituting a high risk to individuals' privacy.
