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TopicDPDP act

Topic: DPDP act

Larger SC bench to hear challenge to DPDP amendment that blunts RTI’s ‘public interest’ shield

Petitioners say stripping 'larger public interest' test weakens two decades of RTI jurisprudence; RTI Act now 'operates as a blanket ban on obligation to disclose personal information'.

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

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.