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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicDPDP act

Topic: DPDP act

DPDP Act will change how we interact with the internet. Get ready for the consent mails

India does not have a data protection regulator to make good on the DPDP Act’s promise and articulate clear future standards.

DPDP Act offers no special protection for disability data. It leaves PwDs vulnerable

The crux of the problem lies in equating disability with the inability to consent. This is an erroneous assumption.

Only 3 of India’s 50 most-visited sites comply with user consent rules, finds ASCI white paper

Cookie consent practices dismal, finds white paper by Advertising Standards Council of India; stresses need for transparent, user-friendly banners & clear opt-out mechanisms.

With DPDP Act India made strides in data privacy. Now it has to combat AI

Even as India was building its data protection legislation, the phenomenon of AI has exploded in the last three years, bringing with privacy-invasive technology.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.