data protection

Indore, April 10 The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the petitioner, who has challenged Instagram's decision to discontinue end-to-end encrypted messaging from May 8, to first approach the Data Protection Board of India.In its order passed on Thursday, the Indore bench of the high court...

Hyderabad, April 9 Bharati Hollikeri, Director of Census Operations in Telangana, said on Thursday that the 2027 Census will be conducted in a digital mode, in contrast to the paper-based exercise conducted until 2011.The first phase of the exercise, involving house listing and housing census...

New Delhi, April 6 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi raised concerns about India's data sovereignty on Monday, asserting that the country should be leading the global tech race, but instead, it is being kept in the dark about how its data will be protected.The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok...

New Delhi, April 5 The rollout of the Digital Personal Data Protection framework will make organizations more accountable and, consequently, raise their compliance standards, according to a top official at 63SATS Cybertech.Neehar Pathare, Managing Director, CEO & CIO of 63SATS Cybertech...

New Delhi, April 4 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that the Modi government is putting the security of every Indian at risk by attempting to "cover up its own failures" and concealing the reality of foreign surveillance through Chinese cameras installed at vital locations...

Jaipur, April 3 – A simple act of kindness, lending your mobile phone to a stranger for an urgent call, could now lead to serious cyber fraud, the Rajasthan police have warned.Acting on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Rajiv Kumar Sharma, the Cyber Crime Branch of the...

New Delhi, March 25 – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken note of alleged violations of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, particularly regarding the lack of mechanisms to track children's data transfers and inadequate grievance redressal systems across major...

New Delhi, March 23 Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu said on Monday that India has emerged as a "reliable partner" in the global supply chain and innovation ecosystems.Addressing the 26th edition of IndiaSoft at Bharat Mandapam on the theme of 'Business Beyond Boundaries'...

Aizawl, March 20 – Cyber crime is rapidly increasing in India, with over 86,000 cases registered in 2023, Gauhati High Court Judge Justice Nelson Sailo said here on Friday.Addressing a one-day training programme on cyber crime, Justice Sailo noted that in 2017, the Supreme Court recognized the...

Dated Aizawl, March 20, 2026: A one-day training session on "Cyber Crime" was organized this morning at the Gauhati High Court, Aizawl Bench Conference Hall. The program was jointly organized by the Mizoram State Legal Services Authority (MSLSA) and the Mizoram Police.The inaugural session was...

March 19, New Delhi: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva attended the signing of a new Digital Statute aimed at restricting minors' access to social media, as Brazil moves to strengthen online safety for children.The new law requires stricter age verification and links accounts of...

Bhubaneswar, March 13 The Odisha Police, in collaboration with UNICEF, will organize a conclave here on Saturday to discuss the growing challenges and opportunities that children face in the digital world.Titled 'Juventica – Digital Rights & Safety of Children Conclave', it will bring together...

New Delhi, March 13 The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Centre on a fresh plea challenging the validity of a provision of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notice to the Centre on the plea...

New Delhi, March 12 The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the Centre on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of several provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi...

Gandhinagar, March 11 The Gujarat government is preparing a governance framework to strengthen data protection and privacy in administrative systems while promoting the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI), the assembly was informed on Wednesday.The State Data Governance Framework is...

Prayagraj, March 10 The Allahabad High Court has ruled that information about marks in public examinations is not confidential and does not require the consent of a third party whose marks are sought by the RTI applicant under the Right to Information Act, 2005.While partly allowing a writ...

New Delhi, March 10 Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha member Milind Murli Deora urged the government on Tuesday to make social media companies more accountable, as he highlighted the adverse impact of digital platforms, especially on teenagers.Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Deora...

New Delhi, March 10 The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine the Centre's plea against the Bombay High Court verdict that struck down the 2023 amendments to the Information Technology Rules aimed at regulating fake and false content on social media against the government.The top court...

Mumbai, March 9 The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is awaiting industry input on its plans to shorten the timeline for data protection compliance before making a final decision on the matter, a top government official said on Monday.The official also said that the...

On March 7, Rahul Gandhi, a top Congress leader, accused the country of essentially handing over its data resources to the US after its trade deal with India. He argued that important issues, such as data protection, were being ignored while the debate focused on trivial matters like what people...