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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
TopicData privacy

Topic: data privacy

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.

‘Data rich’ and looking for loan? Niti Aayog’s new data-sharing framework could help

Under the proposed DEPA, Indians who have no access to formal credit due to lack of collateral will be able to apply for loans using several types of digital documents.

Non-personal data rules draft has ‘grey areas’, data privacy bill architect BN Srikrishna says

Non-Personal Data Governance Framework has been devised by an expert committee led by Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan. It's currently open for feedback.

Caste, politics, sex life — questions you could be asked under govt’s digital health mission

Modi govt has released the draft Health Data Management Policy for its mission to create a digital health ecosystem in India. It states citizens also have the option of opting out.

India needs a digital health mission. But it also needs data privacy law to ensure it works

If patients wish to change a healthcare provider, they have to carry pieces of paper. NDHM envisions changing that by digitally storing their health records.

Trump’s TikTok assault opens new front in tech war with China

US moves underscore how the concept of internet decoupling is becoming a reality. If the administration decides data is the key factor, some popular games may also get ensnared.

Chinese apps ban doesn’t end user data theft. There is bloatware you can’t even uninstall

Considering India doesn’t have a dedicated law on data protection, regulators should either ban these pre-installed apps or make them more accountable.

Zoom to offer full encryption to all users as it buckles under pressure over privacy

Zoom said previously it would reserve this feature for large corporate clients who paid for the service, leading to about 70,000 internet users signing two petitions against it.

40 Covid apps across India: Lack of coordination or needed for micro-management?

India now has nearly 40 Covid-19 apps, including Aarogya Setu. The purpose of these apps range from contact tracing to providing health information and issuing e-passes.

On Camera

Climate change doesn’t just affect poor people, farmers. Cities and banks aren’t safe either

In India, only 17% of public sector banks and 25% of private sector banks claimed to have an internal strategy for integrating climate risks into their risk management framework.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India, Oman hold 5th annual high-level meeting to boost maritime security

Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.