Cautionary tale: The Taliban could get access to Afghans’ biometric data collected by the US

Here’s why this could be a lesson in the life-and-death consequences of data privacy.

Margaret Hu, The Conversation

· Sep 01, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Instagram’s redesign shift toward shopping can be harmful to its users

Features like the Shop tab facilitate surveillance capitalism.

Nazanin Andalibi, The Conversation

· Dec 31, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Indian government forms expert panel to examine alleged Chinese snooping on politicians

Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar wrote to Congress leader KC Venugopal that the ministry has taken up the matter with the Chinese envoy.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 17, 2020 · 10:24 am

Facial recognition: As airports in India start using the technology, how will it be regulated?

While Indians have the right to privacy, there is still no law to protect their data from misuse.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Jul 23, 2019 · 09:00 am

‘Unlawful’ online content: Centre says it has started consulting stakeholders on draft rules

The draft proposes to make it compulsory for online platforms to help the government trace the origin of ‘unlawful content’ whenever requested by authorities.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 25, 2018 · 03:23 pm

Draft rules want web platforms to help government trace, remove ‘unlawful’ content: Indian Express

This could potentially require platforms to break end-to-end encryption of data to help trace the origin of messages.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 24, 2018 · 11:53 am

Quora says about 100 million users may have been hit by a data breach

The cause of the breach, which was detected on Friday, is being investigated.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 04, 2018 · 05:00 pm

Marriott hotel chain says around 500 million of its guests may have been hit by a data breach

The company said hackers have accessed the guest reservation database of its Starwood brand of hotels such as Sheraton, Le Méridien and St Regis.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 30, 2018 · 08:49 pm

40 government departments are using a social media surveillance tool – and little is known of it

The limited information publicly available on the AASMA tool suggests it can track social media profiles, devices and their locations.

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava

· Sep 04, 2018 · 09:00 am

Video: Will the draft data protection bill protect your right to privacy? Probably not

The draft Bill authorises the State to collect data without the consent of the person. And doesn’t put any checks on Aadhaar.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 30, 2018 · 04:05 pm

The draft data protection bill is a step forward – but nowhere close to what India needs

The committee’s report is the most comprehensive undertaking of data protection yet, but still falls short.

Smitha Krishna Prasad

· Jul 29, 2018 · 08:00 am

Indian government requested for data over 12,000 times in second half of 2017, says Facebook

Only the United States made more requests during that period, around 32,700.

Scroll Staff

· May 17, 2018 · 11:59 am