Government won’t be able to violate citizens’ privacy under Data Protection Bill: Union minister

Rajeev Chandrashekhar said that the Centre will only be able to access private data of citizens under exceptional circumstances.

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· Nov 27, 2022 · 03:41 pm

India ranks second globally in cyber attacks on health systems – as government pushes digitisation

A report by artificial intelligence company CloudSEK found that the health sector’s speedy transition to technology due to Covid-19 left many vulnerabilities.

Tabassum Barnagarwala

· Sep 04, 2022 · 06:30 am

IRCTC withdraws tender to appoint consultant to monetise passenger data

A parliamentary panel had summoned officials from the company following concerns about privacy and possible misuse of data.

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· Aug 27, 2022 · 09:40 am

How India is creating digital health accounts of its citizens without their knowledge

Over 170 million health account numbers have been generated through CoWIN and the government’s insurance scheme. Many doctors and hospitals haven’t signed up.

Tabassum Barnagarwala

· Aug 27, 2022 · 06:30 am

How Goa manages to certify all deaths, while the rest of India struggles to even register them

While 71% deaths are recorded in India and 22.5% medically certified, the coastal state has a 100% track record in ensuring both for nearly a decade.

Tabassum Barnagarwala

· Jun 06, 2022 · 06:30 am

When it comes to data security, urban Indians trust the government more than banks and e-tailers

Despite its dismal track record, the Indian government still commands the public’s trust.

Niharika Sharma, qz.com

· Apr 23, 2021 · 08:30 pm

‘It’s not even hacking’: Private medical data of millions of Americans is freely available online

Even though US law mandates data privacy and experts have issued repeated warnings, confidential details including CT-scans and X-rays remain widely accessible.

Jack Gillum, Jeff Kao and Jeff Larson, ProPublica

· Sep 22, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Millions of Facebook users’ phone numbers exposed online

The database, which has now been taken down, was hosted on a server without a password.

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· Sep 05, 2019 · 01:37 pm

MySpace data loss shows that your content is never safe on the internet

It's a harsh lesson in not leaving your intellectual property unprotected on the information superhighway.

Paul Royster, The Conversation

· May 22, 2019 · 09:30 pm

What ails India’s bedrock health survey: Exploited field workers, badly designed questionnaires

Many gaps need to be addressed in planning the fifth National Family Health Survey.

Sylvia Karpagam

· Feb 20, 2019 · 02:30 pm

Indian government made more requests for user data from Twitter in 2018 – and faced more rejections

According to the micro-blogging site’s transparency report, Indian authorities issued 355 requests till June, 26% higher than a year ago.

Aria Thaker, qz.com

· Dec 18, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Internal Facebook emails show it gave some companies special access to user data

The documents were released by a British MP on Wednesday.

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· Dec 06, 2018 · 10:49 am