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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicData privacy

Topic: data privacy

Are Indians worried about privacy? Not really, shows data on WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram usage

A comparison of app usage between WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram in the first two weeks of January shows us how India reacted to WhatsApp privacy controversy. 

WhatsApp suffering ‘Facebook moment’. After capture by uncle-aunties, time for trendier apps

From loud and proud ‘Good Morning’ messages that clogged the web to endless memes, WhatApp’s ‘free’ service was a game-changer for Indians.

Changes and challenges in the revised regulatory framework for non-personal data

The revised report envisages a harmonious co-existence of the two frameworks of personal and non-personal data while suggesting that the two concepts are mutually exclusive.

Children’s online privacy must be protected, but not all are equally vulnerable on internet

The Personal Data Protection Bill’s blanket restriction of not allowing children under 18 to process data could stop kids from meaningfully using the internet.

This is how WEF plans to make international travel easier with uniform access to health data

WEF's CommonTrust Network aims at developing a global health registry that will standardise medical records and allow access to heathcare data without compromising privacy.

Data Protection Bill won’t get cleared in its current version — BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Speaking at the Global Technology Summit 2020 organised by Carnegie India, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the joint parliamentary committee is going to redraw the bill.

Parliament joint committee summons Facebook, Twitter over data privacy issue

The joint committee is also considering summoning officials of Amazon and Google to address concerns of protection of data.

Govt addressing all privacy concerns around digital health mission, NHA CEO Indu Bhushan says

Envisioned as the first step towards Universal Health Coverage, National Digital Health Mission aims to provide every Indian with a personal health ID and identifiers to doctors.

How to prevent Navika Kumar from reading your private WhatsApp chats

Data security is a spectrum. Small things can help you be on the more secure side of the spectrum.

We don’t share GPay customer data with third parties — Google dismisses media reports

Google denies media reports that state the company told Delhi High Court it had permission to share user data with third parties.

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Nobel Prize was designed for a scientific world that no longer exists

Nobel Day is an opportunity to celebrate excellence. But it rewards the science that fits a comfortable narrative and ignores the science that actually protects society.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.