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Data Privacy
Why experts are sceptical about the benefits of linking voter IDs with Aadhaar
Ayush Tiwari
· Apr 02, 2025 · 06:30 am
How the new digital data protection rules infantilise people with disabilities
Nivedita Krishna
· Jan 17, 2025 · 06:30 am
How a US law allows American intelligence agencies to spy on internet users across the world
Gurshabad Grover Anunay Kulshrestha
· Feb 19, 2024 · 09:00 am
‘Privacy nightmare on wheels’: Driving patterns to facial expressions, cars are collecting data
Katharine Kemp, The Conversation
· Oct 19, 2023 · 10:00 pm
Lok Sabha passes Data Protection Bill amid Opposition protest
Scroll Staff
· Aug 07, 2023 · 06:58 pm
Rush Hour podcast: India’s Covid vaccine app CoWIN leaks personal data
Scroll Staff
· Jun 12, 2023 · 08:09 pm
India among top countries requesting to remove content, says Twitter
Scroll Staff
· Apr 26, 2023 · 06:33 pm
As health goes digital in India, where does privacy stand?
Smriti Parsheera
· Mar 20, 2023 · 07:30 am
Bangladesh’s new online content regulation rules threaten user privacy and free speech
Shahzeb Mahmood
· Sep 23, 2022 · 09:30 pm
India ranks second globally in cyber attacks on health systems – as government pushes digitisation
Tabassum Barnagarwala
· Sep 04, 2022 · 06:30 am
Why a whistleblower’s allegations about a ‘government agent’ at Twitter should worry all Indians
Karnika Kohli
· Aug 30, 2022 · 06:30 am
Centre asks not to share photocopies of Aadhaar, then withdraws advisory
Scroll Staff
· May 29, 2022 · 03:00 pm
WhatsApp indicates it will go ahead with privacy policy amid backlash
Scroll Staff
· Feb 19, 2021 · 12:37 pm
India’s surveillance technology is policing the data and bodies of its most vulnerable citizens
Anja Kovacs
· Jun 06, 2020 · 01:30 pm
The Daily Fix: Why is the BJP keeping its draft of the Citizenship Amendment Bill secret?
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
· Dec 06, 2019 · 09:30 am
‘It’s not even hacking’: Private medical data of millions of Americans is freely available online
Jack Gillum, Jeff Kao and Jeff Larson, ProPublica
· Sep 22, 2019 · 09:30 pm
Millions of Facebook users’ phone numbers exposed online
Scroll Staff
· Sep 05, 2019 · 01:37 pm
A privacy cop won’t make a big difference to the way Facebook handles user data
Bhaskar Chakravorti, The Conversation
· Aug 01, 2019 · 11:30 pm
Why FaceApp probably isn’t fretting about bad press worldwide
Mark Giancaspro, The Conversation
· Jul 26, 2019 · 09:30 pm
The Daily Fix: Without privacy law in India or surveillance reform, facial recognition is dangerous
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
· Jul 24, 2019 · 09:30 am
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