Tech Crunch reports that an Indian government website was allegedly exposing the personal identifiable information (PII) of potentially millions of Indian farmers. The PII in question is the Aadhaar numbers which are a confidential 12-digit number assigned to each Indian national by the national identity database. The number is used as proof of identity for...
According to the new directives issued by the Indian Government, organisations have six hours to report cybersecurity incidents. The requirement was proposed by India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) after identifying specific gaps at the origin of security incidents requiring more aggressive measures. Read more in this article from BleepingComputer.
The Supreme Court’s Pegasus probe panel has sought public comment on enacting or amending existing laws and procedures governing surveillance, ensuring citizens’ right to privacy is not violated, and establishing a mechanism for raising grievances regarding suspicion of illegal surveillance, among other things. The panel has posed 11 questions to the public and requested responses...
In a ‘Joint Declaration on Privacy and the Protection of Personal Data: Strengthening Trust in the Digital Environment’ adopted under the French presidency of the EU, 9 countries and the European Union acknowledged the need to protect the free data flow with trust. The nine countries are Australia, Comoros, India, Japan, Mauritius, New Zealand, South...
US-India Business Council (USIBC), the US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), Business Europe and The Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA), some of which including tech giants like Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google and Dell, expressed their concerns regarding the recommendations of the Indian Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). Concerns...
In an article published on Indian Express, H.E. Ashwini Vaishnaw, Indian Union Minister for Communications, Electronics and IT, holds that social media organizations should formulate measures to identify content that is not to be published. The Minister seeks for consensus to impose stricter regulations on social media. Find the article here.
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