WhatsApp Defends Data Sharing Before NCLAT Bengaluru: WhatsApp told the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Tuesday that sharing basic account details and general user preferences with its parent company Meta does not violate users’ right to privacy. WhatsApp Explains Data Sharing Senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi, representing WhatsApp, said the platform only shares non […]
CCI Calls Data Access a Key Advantage in Digital Markets The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has said that access to consumer data gives online businesses a major competitive edge. This view came in its response to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, which asked about the role of CCI in the digital economy and […]
Recently, Quick Heal Technologies Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BHASHINI, the government’s multilingual AI platform under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). As a result, the partnership aims to make cybersecurity and data privacy education accessible to millions of Indians by delivering it in their native languages. Bridging the Digital […]
New Delhi: A fresh trend is sweeping through Facebook and other Meta platforms. Users are posting the same message, claiming it blocks the company from using their photos and personal data. They urge friends to copy and paste the message on their own timelines. They warn that failing to do so gives Meta legal permission […]
Google Confirms Data Breach Involving Potential Google Ads Customers Google has confirmed that a recent data breach in one of its Salesforce CRM systems exposed the information of potential Google Ads customers. “We’re writing to let you know about an event that affected a limited set of data in one of Google’s corporate Salesforce instances […]
New Delhi, August 5, 2025 – Under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), the government has reinforced cybersecurity and data protection measures to safeguard citizens’ health information. Stakeholders can exchange health data only after obtaining the patient’s explicit consent. Before integration with ABDM, all digital health applications must undergo rigorous validation in a sandbox environment […]
From starting his career in contract management to becoming a recognised voice in global data privacy, Aishwary Gupta’s journey has been shaped by curiosity, hands-on problem solving, and a drive to make compliance practical. His first brush with privacy came in 2018, when GDPR had just taken effect globally and India was in the middle […]
The government has decided not to make any changes to the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act), despite concerns raised by journalists and civil rights groups. Official sources said Parliament has already passed the law, so the government cannot make amendments at this stage.Instead, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) plans to […]
Instagram has launched a new feature in the United States called “Instagram Map”, designed to let users share their recent locations and discover nearby content, much like Snapchat’s Snap Map. While Meta claims the tool is optional and off by default, many users have expressed fears that it reveals their exact location without consent. Meta […]
Roorkee: IIT-Roorkee has confirmed a serious data privacy breach that exposed personal details of more than 30,000 students and alumni online for several years. The institute has started an internal investigation after receiving the alert. The leaked data appears to come from the academic affairs department’s records. It includes students’ and parents’ mobile numbers, caste […]