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Google Shielded Email Feature Reportedly in Development; Could Help Users Hide Email Addresses
Google is reportedly working on Shielded Email, a new feature that could protect user privacy while using apps that ask for their email address. The new Shielded Email feature could allow users to share email address 'aliases' when signing up for apps or newsletters and might work similarly to Apple's Hide My Email service that is available to iClo...
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Protect Your Aadhaar Card: Step-by-Step Guide To Locking It Online
When you lock your Aadhar card, it secures your biometric data and other personal information, preventing unauthorised individuals from misusing your Aadhar card.
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UK Admits Encryption Hurdles to Online Safety Law After WhatsApp, Signal Threaten to Pull Out
The UK has admitted there could be technical challenges in the country's upcoming Online Safety Bill which plans to allow regulator Ofcom to compel tech firms to scan their services for illegal content. WhatsApp and Signal had warned of the threat to privacy and encryption of user data posed by the UK's Online Safety Bill, even threatening to pull ...
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Digital Personal Data Protection Law Expected to Be Implemented Within 10 Months: IT Minister
The government is expecting to implement the Digital Personal Data Protection law within 10 months, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. The Bill, which comes after six years of the Supreme Court declaring 'Right to Privacy' as a fundamental right, has provisions to curb the misuse of individuals' data by online platforms.
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Government to Hold Discussions With Stakeholders on PIB Fact Checks for Social Media in February: MoS IT
The government will hold discussions with stakeholders before its controversial plan to give powers to its arm the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to police fake news on social media, according to Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has prop...
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Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill Lets Easy Cross-Border Data Transfer, to Act as Relief for Big Tech
The government on Friday proposed a new data privacy law that allows the transfer and storage of personal data in some countries while raising the penalty for violations. The draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill 2022 will be a great relief for Google, Amazon, Facebook and other global firms as it replaces an earlier version that had a...
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Up To Rs 250-Crore Fine For Personal Data Breach In New Bill: Sources
The Centre is working on a new draft of the proposed Digital Data Protection Bill 2022 after withdrawing the earlier Personal Data Protection Bill during the monsoon session of parliament this year.
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TikTok May Face GBP 27 Million Fine Over Potential Breach of UK Law, Failure to Protect Children's Privacy
TikTok, the popular video sharing platform that is growing in popularity across the world, may face a GBP 27 million (roughly Rs. 236 crore) fine in the UK over its failure to protect children's privacy when they are using the app. The company may have processed the data of children under 13 without appropriate parental consent, and processed “sp...
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Kiwi Farms Hacked After Cloudflare, DDoS-Guard Drop Protection; Usernames Passwords Stolen
Kiwi Farms, the online forum used as a hub for organising harassment campaigns, particularly targeting women or people in the LGBTQ community, announced that it was affected by a data breach. In the blog post, the forum stated that it was hacked and users should assume that usernames and passwords were stolen.
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Government Working on New Data Protection Bill, Digital India Act, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Says
Ashwini Vaishnaw, the country’s IT and Communications Minister, announced recently that the government is working on a new Data Protection Bill and the Digital India Act. It will also upload a new Telecom Bill in the coming days, the minister stated.
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How Online Privacy Has Changed Users’ Data Protection Since US Supreme Court Ruling Against Abortion
Facebook messages of a mother-daughter duo over abortion are being investigated in Nebraska after the US Supreme Court ruling on Roe vs Wade. Since the ruling, there has been a concern on how collected location data, text messages, search histories, emails and seemingly innocuous period and ovulation-tracking apps could be used to prosecute people ...
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Microsoft Edge Secure Network VPN Service Powered by Cloudflare Spotted in Support Post
To use Microsoft's Edge Secure Network built-in VPN, one has to sign in with a Microsoft account. To ensure your browsing experience is protected, you must check the shield icon in the browser frame.
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Ex-RBI Governor Says Crypto Could Snatch Central Bank’s Control on Money Supply, Inflation Management
Former RBI governor Duvvuri Subbarao has expressed his views regarding the crypto space in India. Threat to the central bank's jurisdiction on money management as well the lack of a data protection bill are among his top concerns against the legalisation of cryptocurrencies.
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New Personal Data Privacy Law Passed in China to Protect Online Users, to Take Effect November 1
China's National People's Congress officially passed a law designed to protect online user data privacy and will implement the policy starting November 1, according to state-media outlet Xinhua.
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Amazon Fined Record EUR 746 Million in Luxembourg Over Data Privacy
Amazon was fined EUR 746 million (roughly Rs. 6,585 crores) by Luxembourg authorities over allegations it flouted the EU's data protection rules, the online retail giant said.
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Google Shielded Email Feature Reportedly in Development; Could Help Users Hide Email Addresses
Google is reportedly working on Shielded Email, a new feature that could protect user privacy while using apps that ask for their email address. The new Shielded Email feature could allow users to share email address 'aliases' when signing up for apps or newsletters and might work similarly to Apple's Hide My Email service that is available to iClo...
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Protect Your Aadhaar Card: Step-by-Step Guide To Locking It Online
When you lock your Aadhar card, it secures your biometric data and other personal information, preventing unauthorised individuals from misusing your Aadhar card.
-
UK Admits Encryption Hurdles to Online Safety Law After WhatsApp, Signal Threaten to Pull Out
The UK has admitted there could be technical challenges in the country's upcoming Online Safety Bill which plans to allow regulator Ofcom to compel tech firms to scan their services for illegal content. WhatsApp and Signal had warned of the threat to privacy and encryption of user data posed by the UK's Online Safety Bill, even threatening to pull ...
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Digital Personal Data Protection Law Expected to Be Implemented Within 10 Months: IT Minister
The government is expecting to implement the Digital Personal Data Protection law within 10 months, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. The Bill, which comes after six years of the Supreme Court declaring 'Right to Privacy' as a fundamental right, has provisions to curb the misuse of individuals' data by online platforms.
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Government to Hold Discussions With Stakeholders on PIB Fact Checks for Social Media in February: MoS IT
The government will hold discussions with stakeholders before its controversial plan to give powers to its arm the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to police fake news on social media, according to Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has prop...
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Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill Lets Easy Cross-Border Data Transfer, to Act as Relief for Big Tech
The government on Friday proposed a new data privacy law that allows the transfer and storage of personal data in some countries while raising the penalty for violations. The draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill 2022 will be a great relief for Google, Amazon, Facebook and other global firms as it replaces an earlier version that had a...
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Up To Rs 250-Crore Fine For Personal Data Breach In New Bill: Sources
The Centre is working on a new draft of the proposed Digital Data Protection Bill 2022 after withdrawing the earlier Personal Data Protection Bill during the monsoon session of parliament this year.
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TikTok May Face GBP 27 Million Fine Over Potential Breach of UK Law, Failure to Protect Children's Privacy
TikTok, the popular video sharing platform that is growing in popularity across the world, may face a GBP 27 million (roughly Rs. 236 crore) fine in the UK over its failure to protect children's privacy when they are using the app. The company may have processed the data of children under 13 without appropriate parental consent, and processed “sp...
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Kiwi Farms Hacked After Cloudflare, DDoS-Guard Drop Protection; Usernames Passwords Stolen
Kiwi Farms, the online forum used as a hub for organising harassment campaigns, particularly targeting women or people in the LGBTQ community, announced that it was affected by a data breach. In the blog post, the forum stated that it was hacked and users should assume that usernames and passwords were stolen.
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Government Working on New Data Protection Bill, Digital India Act, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Says
Ashwini Vaishnaw, the country’s IT and Communications Minister, announced recently that the government is working on a new Data Protection Bill and the Digital India Act. It will also upload a new Telecom Bill in the coming days, the minister stated.
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How Online Privacy Has Changed Users’ Data Protection Since US Supreme Court Ruling Against Abortion
Facebook messages of a mother-daughter duo over abortion are being investigated in Nebraska after the US Supreme Court ruling on Roe vs Wade. Since the ruling, there has been a concern on how collected location data, text messages, search histories, emails and seemingly innocuous period and ovulation-tracking apps could be used to prosecute people ...
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Microsoft Edge Secure Network VPN Service Powered by Cloudflare Spotted in Support Post
To use Microsoft's Edge Secure Network built-in VPN, one has to sign in with a Microsoft account. To ensure your browsing experience is protected, you must check the shield icon in the browser frame.
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Ex-RBI Governor Says Crypto Could Snatch Central Bank’s Control on Money Supply, Inflation Management
Former RBI governor Duvvuri Subbarao has expressed his views regarding the crypto space in India. Threat to the central bank's jurisdiction on money management as well the lack of a data protection bill are among his top concerns against the legalisation of cryptocurrencies.
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New Personal Data Privacy Law Passed in China to Protect Online Users, to Take Effect November 1
China's National People's Congress officially passed a law designed to protect online user data privacy and will implement the policy starting November 1, according to state-media outlet Xinhua.
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Amazon Fined Record EUR 746 Million in Luxembourg Over Data Privacy
Amazon was fined EUR 746 million (roughly Rs. 6,585 crores) by Luxembourg authorities over allegations it flouted the EU's data protection rules, the online retail giant said.
