Right To Privacy
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Madras High Court orders name of person acquitted in rape case to be erased from records
The bench invoked the principle of ‘right to be forgotten’.
Scroll Staff
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How Modi government is using data privacy as an excuse to cripple the Right to Information
The inherent conflict between the right to privacy and the right to information is being exploited by the government to restrict the Right to Information Act.
Vineet Bhalla
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Data Protection Bill approved by Cabinet, to be tabled in Parliament’s Monsoon Session
Exemptions given to the Centre and its agencies have been reportedly retained in the bill despite the concerns of experts.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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Why is the 2024 Congress manifesto silent on pushing back against majoritarianism? History has clues
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‘Exhuma’ review: A grave holds secrets to a troubled Korean past
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Facial recognition system rollout at Indian airports raises privacy concerns
Experts caution that collected passenger information could be misused, shared or stolen.
Nachiket Deuskar
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Right to privacy not absolute, Centre tells SC on plea on seizure of electronic devices
The plea wants orders to be issued to law enforcement agencies on several aspects, including seeking permission from a magistrate before seizing the devices.
Scroll Staff
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Five years after the SC upheld the right to privacy, why does India lack a data protection law?
The Puttaswamy judgement of August 2017 may have led to many breakthroughs, but it has also shown the limits of the Supreme Court’s powers.
Umang Poddar
Video
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Video: What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Centre’s reply sought on plea against ‘360 degree surveillance’ of all citizens
The petition said authorities’ access to telephone and internet data in bulk was an infringement of the fundamental right to privacy of an individual.
Scroll Staff
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RTI body pulls up government over ‘evasive answers’ on creation of Aarogya Setu app, issues notice
National Informatics Centre, National e-Governance Division and the Ministry of Electronics & IT failed to furnish answers to an RTI query on the app.
Scroll Staff
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New health data policy may be misused for surveillance: Chhattisgarh minister writes to Vardhan
In a letter, TS Singh Deo said that state governments should be given time to provide their feedback since health is a state subject.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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Watch: ‘Murder in Mahim’ series is based on Jerry Pinto’s crime novel
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‘Women Of My Billion’ review: What happens when women get talking
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‘The Broken News’ S2 review: A competent second round of TV channel rivalry
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India’s Aarogya Setu app is another chapter in its chequered history of data protection
From lapses in Aadhaar to SBI’s data servers, India’s cyber security practices have not been promising.
Manavi Kapur, qz.com
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Google admits that its staff can listen to recordings on Google Assistant after data leak
The company said its language reviewers are directed not to transcribe background conversations.
Scroll Staff
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Is privacy an elitist concern? Not so, says new survey
It also found that Indians are more comfortable sharing location data with online businesses, such as food delivery apps, than with the government.
Kanishk Karan
The Field
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Akash, Vishvanath, Nikhil and Preet reach men’s finals
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ISL 2024 final, Mohun Bagan Super Giant vs Mumbai City, live: Goalless so far in the first half
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Hockey: Rohit to lead 20-member Indian junior team in five-match tour of Europe
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IPL 2024: Kolkata beat Mumbai in a thriller at Wankhede for the first time in 12 years
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Brijesh, Aryan and five other Indians enter finals