Top Section
Explore Business Standard
Don’t miss the latest developments in business and finance.
Here's a quick capsule of the best of Business Standard's opinion pages today for your quick reading.
The draft DPDP rules which moot parents' verifiable consent to create a child's user account on social media platforms, and adds localisation requirement for certain types of personal data has significant ramifications for big tech firms, experts say noting that businesses may also face "complex challenges" in managing consent which is core to data protection norms. According to Deloitte India, maintaining consent artefacts and offering the option to withdraw consent for specific purposes would necessitate changes at design and architecture level of applications and platforms. The comment comes against the backdrop of government releasing the long-awaited draft of Digital Personal Data Protection Rules which proposes to make parent's verifiable consent and identification mandatory for creation of child's user account on online or social media platforms, and also moots possible data localisation requirements for specified personal data. The provision related to localisation and ...
There is growing alarm in Washington about China's alleged efforts known as Salt Typhoon to infiltrate American telecommunications companies
Former Karnataka High Court judge Justice K S Puttaswamy, who played a pivotal role in declaration of right to privacy as a fundamental right from the Supreme Court in 2017, passed away at his Bengaluru residence on Monday. He was 98. Justice Puttaswamy was the lead petitioner who had moved the apex court in 2012 challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar scheme as being violative of the privacy right. The Aadhaar scheme subsequently received legislative sanction. In a landmark verdict in August 2017, a nine-judge bench through an unanimous verdict declared the right to privacy a fundamental right under Article 21 (protection of life and personal liberty) of the Constitution. It had underlined privacy to be "the constitutional core of human dignity". Born on February 8, 1926, Puttaswamy studied at Maharaja's College, Mysore and obtained a law degree from Government Law College, Bengaluru. He was enrolled as an advocate in January 1952 and became the Karnataka High Co
Nearly half of it has been facilitated in the second half of financial year 2024 (H2FY24)
The fine print in terms of use agreements, which most users do not read in detail, often contains clauses that permit such invasive practices
These practices, as defined by the report, include excessive data collection, secondary processing without consent, among others
They sometimes misuse personal information collected during tax preparation, leading to identity theft or unauthorised financial transactions
The said 'data expert' may be a single person or multiple people, depending on the requirements of a particular ministry
Calling them "most sensitive permissions," the report on currency and finance has highlighted that fintech apps often collect personal data, potentially invading users' privacy
In a blog post on Monday, Google said it decided to abandon the plan after considering the impact of the changes on publishers, advertisers and everyone involved in online advertising industry
Cookies are packets of information that allow websites and advertisers to identify individual web surfers and track their browsing habits, but they can also be used for unwanted surveillance
Tech giants Google, Meta, YouTube, and Snap are concerned over India's new Digital Personal Data Protection Act's restrictions on behavioural tracking of children as they may compromise child safety
Experts suggest data privacy concerns, lack of tech infra may have led to decision
Draft of Digital Personal Data Protection rules are in an advanced stage, and industry consultation will start soon, said Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Electronics and I-T, Railways, and I&B
A study by Surfshark's research hub revealed that one in 10 smart home apps collects user data for tracking purposes
The notification of the rules to India's data privacy law have been long awaited
Government on Monday unveiled the Chakshu portal under the umbrella of Sanchar Sathi to enable subscribers to report suspected fraud calls, messages like lottery offer, job offers and even suspected leak of phone numbers by businesses. Union IT and Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that through digital measures to check fraud and crime, the Department of Telecom Services has been able to help citizens save around Rs 1000 crore in the last nine months and Rs 1008 crore has been frozen in various bank accounts that were linked to fraudulent transactions. "Chakshu is about reporting something which people suspect is fraud," Vaishnaw said. When asked about the process put in place on mobile numbers that are leaked by businesses, the minister said that subscribers can report about the number of leaks on the Chakshu portal and action will be taken against the culprit. The minister said that 1 crore mobile numbers have been disconnected in the last nine months that were linked
The consumer bodies said Meta is not complying with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules on fair processing, data minimisation and purpose limitation
Digi Yatra uses facial recognition technology for entry and security clearance at various airports in India. The air travel online platform is voluntary