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August 14, 2023 04:20 IST
Vaishnaw said India’s law has fewer government-related exemptions than the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which is widely held to be the most stringent privacy law of anywhere in the world.
Mon, Aug 14, 2023August 13, 2023 00:06 IST
On Saturday, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 was published in the official gazette after receiving the President’s assent on Friday, making India one of the final democracies in the world to have a regulatory framework for privacy.
Sun, Aug 13, 2023August 10, 2023 13:30 IST
Zoom has clarified that it will not use you data without your “consent”. But this comes with a catch.
Fri, Aug 11, 2023August 10, 2023 04:10 IST
The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 was passed in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday and will become law once it receives the President’s assent.
Thu, Aug 10, 2023August 09, 2023 04:00 IST
The MeitY officials at the meeting included Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and IT.
Wed, Aug 09, 2023August 07, 2023 15:52 IST
The Bill has retained the contents of the original version of the legislation proposed last November, including those that were red-flagged by privacy experts. Here is what the final version looks like.
Thu, Aug 10, 2023August 05, 2023 04:08 IST
The Bill, however, is unlikely to be introduced in the ongoing session of Parliament.
Sat, Aug 05, 2023August 05, 2023 04:04 IST
Given the outrage and the immediate adverse impact, the DGFT issued a notification Friday that now gives the industry a three-month reprieve.
Sat, Aug 05, 2023August 04, 2023 12:42 IST
While comparisons of India's Bill were initially drawn with the EU's landmark General Data Protection Regulation, the govt says that the Bill is only one part of its larger policy vision for the entire digital economy. What other data protection models have been adopted elsewhere?
Sun, Aug 06, 2023August 04, 2023 00:31 IST
“In section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in sub-section (1), for clause (j), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:— “(j) information which relates to personal information,” reads the draft Bill tabled in Parliament.
Sun, Aug 06, 2023August 04, 2023 00:30 IST
The final version of the Bill, tabled in Lok Sabha by IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, has retained the contents of the original version of the legislation proposed last November, including those that were red flagged by privacy experts.
Fri, Aug 04, 2023August 03, 2023 16:35 IST
Import of laptops, tablets, all-in-one personal computers, and 'ultra small form factor' computers and servers falling under HSN 8741 will be ‘restricted’ and their import would be allowed against a valid licence for restricted imports, the notification said.
Fri, Aug 04, 2023August 03, 2023 15:37 IST
This is India’s second attempt at framing a privacy legislation, and comes after at least three previous iterations of a data protection law have been considered, and shelved, by the government.
Thu, Aug 03, 2023August 03, 2023 12:11 IST
The move seems to be aimed at promoting domestic manufacturing, and probably targeted at China since more than 75 per cent of India’s total $ 5.33 billion imports of laptops and personal computers in 2022-23 was from the neighbouring country.
Fri, Aug 04, 2023August 03, 2023 04:30 IST
The draft DPDP Bill, 2023, is scheduled to be tabled in Parliament on Thursday in what would be India’s second attempt at framing a privacy legislation, six years after the Supreme Court declared privacy as a fundamental right.
Thu, Aug 03, 2023August 03, 2023 03:28 IST
The report is seen as a precursor to the introduction of the much-awaited draft law.
Thu, Aug 03, 2023August 02, 2023 02:19 IST
The Parliamentary panel on IT has recommended that the DPDP Bill’s enactment be expedited, “without any undue delay”, as it relied on submissions made by officials of the IT Ministry, without the Bill being formally referred to it.
Wed, Aug 02, 2023August 01, 2023 16:52 IST
The technology uses a combination of both finger minutiae and finger image to check the liveness of the fingerprint captured. The measure was implemented after instances of people creating fake fingerprints using silicone to syphon off money from unsuspecting individuals' bank accounts were reported.
Thu, Aug 03, 2023July 30, 2023 00:38 IST
In June, Micron announced that it will set up a $2.75 billion assembly and testing plant in Gujarat, in what was the first marquee name to officially commit investment in India under the country’s $10 billion chip incentive scheme.
Sun, Jul 30, 2023July 29, 2023 04:04 IST
‘We are rolling out red carpet... India offers abundant opportunities’
Sat, Jul 29, 2023July 28, 2023 12:50 IST
It is not just India that needs chips, but the world, which needs a ‘trusted partner’ for their supply chains, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. He was addressing a gathering in Gandhinagar where hundreds of semiconductor industry executives have gathered for SemiconIndia 2023.
Sun, Jul 30, 2023July 28, 2023 11:41 IST
The California-based chipmaker will use that investment to open its biggest research and development centre in the tech hub of Bengaluru, CTO Papermaster said.
Sun, Jul 30, 2023July 24, 2023 11:54 IST
Interestingly, Musk is obsessed with the letter X. X.com was an online bank co-founded by Musk in 1999, which eventually became Paypal. The letter finds itself in Musk’s rocket company SpaceX and it was also the name of the first SUV model that Tesla had launched.
Tue, Jul 25, 2023July 22, 2023 19:22 IST
The Indian Express posed 10 questions to Google’s Bard and its chief rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT ranging from difficult Maths problems to questions relating to politics and social cues.
Sun, Jul 23, 2023July 20, 2023 11:59 IST
The viral video showed two women from the Kuki-Zomi community being paraded naked by a mob of men and being sexually assaulted.
Fri, Jul 21, 2023