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    • India is getting free AI. But is Big Tech getting something more valuable?

      As global AI firms offer millions of Indians free access to their models through tie-ups with Indian telcos, a key question emerges: Is India’s vast user base becoming training data for global AI models and who is accountable when consent is buried inside a bundle?

    • OPINION | When data privacy becomes a boardroom agenda

      India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 mandates strict compliance for businesses handling personal data, focusing on governance, transparency, and security. Companies must adapt quickly to avoid penalties and ensure data stewardship

    • India's Data Protection Rules: Long-awaited notification falls short on citizen safeguards

      Two years after Parliament passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, the government has finally notified its rules—but the notification reveals a framework too weak, too delayed, and too flawed to meaningfully protect citizens' privacy 

    • OPINION | Big Tech’s ‘free hit’ era in India will end because of personal data protection rules

      The rules which were notified on 13 November raise the threshold of compliance for Significant Data Fiduciaries, which include e-commerce firms and social media intermediaries

    • Most DPDP obligations pushed to 18 months; Data Protection Board related rules take effect immediately

      While rules related to Data Protection Board will be effective from today, many obligations including those pertaining to cross border data transfer, additional obligations for big platforms have been shifted to 18 months

    • MeitY releases DPDP Rules, operationalises India's first data protection act

      The rules spell out how companies must collect, secure, retain and erase personal data under India’s DPDP Act.

    • OPINION | Navigating the challenges of India’s DIGIPIN implementation

      DIGIPIN, part of India's Digital India Mission, aims to improve address precision. However, challenges like governance, data privacy, digital literacy, and technical complexities must be addressed for successful adoption and implementation

    • Zoho’s Arattai eyes enterprise use cases, looks at integrating businesses on platform

      By extending Arattai’s functionality into enterprise scenarios, Zoho aims to leverage its existing customer base and software ecosystem to offer a more integrated, secure alternative to global incumbents.

    • Lethal trifecta and prompt injection: The AI agent time bomb no one is defusing

      As AI agents become more powerful, capable of reading emails, pulling data from APIs and even sending messages or making transactions, a serious security threat is taking shape

    • Govt proposes real-time API checks for user consent under DPDP Act

      The proposed consent management system emphasises that bundled or implied consent will not be allowed. Each data processing purpose must have its dedicated consent, and users must provide affirmative action before the company and process that data.

    • EU data watchdog clarifies EIB data transfer block to India was procedural, not a verdict on DPDP Act

      The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) clarified that the EIB failed to provide sufficient evidence that personal data shared with India would be protected to the same standard as in the EU.

    • Privacy on Wheels: Are you being followed?

      Connected vehicles collect vast personal data, which make them mobile data centres. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA) mandates strict data protection standards, requiring transparency, consent, and robust security measures from automakers. Manufacturers must prioritise user privacy and consumers must demand transparency and control over personal data.

    • Sebi proposes new data-sharing policy for intermediaries, MIIs, to facilitate ease-of-doing business and data privacy

      Under the proposed policy, data will be segregated into two baskets: data that can be shared with the public and data that cannot be shared with the public.

    • Persistent Systems share price in green amid broader IT sector fall following small acquisition in AI space

      Persistent Systems said that its acquisition of Arrka is a strategic move aimed at integrating Arrka's Data Privacy Management platform into Persistent Systems’ existing AI-led services.

    • India can unlock its potential by using data nationalism, localisation, and sovereignty effectively

      The society and government would have to work together to protect India’s data sovereignty, and the sooner we start, the better it would be for national interest as well as our individual data protection

    • Meta cannot delay US FTC from reopening privacy probe, court says

    • Banking Central | Why they don't stop calling me for loan even when I don't need it?

      The aggressive loan canvassing by NBFCs and loan app companies are a lure to the young to take the plunge. Often, they don’t understand the risks

    • An Indian perspective on dealing with ethical dilemmas in cutting-edge technology

      By embracing ethical technology and product development, Indian companies can set new standards in responsible innovation, building a sustainable and trustworthy tech ecosystem. This balance will not only enhance their global competitiveness but also ensure that the technology serves the greater good, aligning with India's ethos and values

    • Digital Data Protection Bill: Too little, too opaque and too late

      The good part is that India will finally have a data protection law – even if it is limited in its scope and has numerous flaws

    • One mobile number cannot be linked to multiple mobile banking users, says Bank of Baroda

      The statement from the lender came after media reports said that the lender’s mobile application, Bob World, was involved in tampering of customer accounts

    • Plaintiffs lawyers in Facebook data privacy case seek $181 million in fees

      The long-running lawsuit was sparked by revelations in 2018 that Facebook had allowed British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica to access data of as many as 87 million users.

    • Driver’s licenses, addresses, photos: Inside how TikTok shares user data

      TikTok has been under pressure for years to cordon off its U.S. operations because of concerns that it might provide data on American users to the Chinese authorities.

    • Meta’s $1.3 billion EU fine could get worse

      If the US and Europe don’t reach a data-transfer agreement, Meta may have to delete European user data from its American servers

    • TikTok bans: What the evidence says about security and privacy concerns

      Building a profile from user data to enable targeted phishing attacks on sensitive government accounts is plausible, however, there is no evidence that social media applications like TikTok has been used for this purpose.

    • Data privacy, data security big challenges of digital world, G20 meet expected to address them: Jaishankar

      The EAM was addressing the ’Festival of Thinkers’ organised by the Symbiosis International University here.

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