Massive Password Leak Hits 16 Billion Accounts — What You Should Know and Do Now This article, first published on June 18, now includes steps for switching to passkeys—a safer...

Protiviti’s latest report urges Indian banks to adopt AI, enhance governance, and embed privacy to meet DPDPA standards. A new report by Protiviti says Indian banks must urgently improve their...

In preparation for the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), 2023, large banks with annual revenue above ₹1,000 crore are planning to set aside over ₹5 crore for their data...

Paytm Launches Custom UPI IDs to Protect Mobile Number Privacy Paytm has introduced a new feature that lets users create personalised UPI IDs, so they can make payments without sharing...

Victoria’s Secret has temporarily taken its U.S. website offline and suspended certain in-store services due to a recently identified security concern. The company said it took these steps as a...

Star Health and Allied Insurance, one of India’s largest health insurers, is going through a serious crisis. Reports suggest that the company suffered a major data breach that exposed personal...

Marks & Spencer (M&S), a major British retailer, has informed customers that their personal information was exposed in a recent cyberattack. This follows an earlier announcement in April, when the...

Footballers Show Red Card to Unauthorized Data Use More and more footballers—and other athletes—are standing up against the unauthorized use of their personal performance data. Many are now sending "stop...

The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has announced ongoing investigations into global digital platforms, including Truecaller and TikTok, for how they handle Nigerian citizens’ personal data. During a working visit...

MIT Develops Faster, Smarter Way to Keep AI Training Data Private Protecting people’s private data used to train AI systems like medical images or financial details—is important, but it usually...