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The government may get power to lower the age restriction for users who can give consent under the proposed digital personal data protection law to as low as 14 years, shows a draft of the Bill seen by ET.But in such cases, the company that…

The online drugstore plans to swallow a bitter pill in the hope that it can heal itself. The distress rights issue, if it goes through, will bring it some relief, for the moment. But it will also bring organisational changes in its wake as…

With India retaining the age of children as below 18 in the upcoming Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, firms across several sectors such as edtech, gaming apart from social media are concerned about being significantly…

The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that a new Data Protection Bill is ready and will be introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament. Attorney General R Venkatramani told a Constitution Bench headed by Justice KM Joseph that…

The centre may soon notify a policy permitting countries and corporations to set up “data embassies” within India that will offer “diplomatic immunity” from local regulations for national as well as commercial digital data, top lawmakers…

Popular deal structures and valuation approaches employed by Indian startups could take a hit as the central government extends angel tax provisions to foreign investors. Also in this letter:■ Byju’s cuts 1,000 jobs in fresh round of…

Live commerce, in which influencers partner with brands to showcase their products, may soon have its own set of rules in India. Sources tell us the Bureau of Indian Standards has begun to assess the need for specific guidelines for this…

India will develop into a digital economy only when the digital divide is substantially breached, President Droupadi Murmu said on Saturday during the seventh edition of the Digital India Awards. President Murmu said the country had…

The latest draft of India’s data protection bill, released last week, gives the government plenty of scope to expand its powers, various experts told us. They said one of the most worrisome aspects of the bill is the broad exemptions the…

The draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 leaves much scope for the government to expand its powers through the executive rule-making process, legal and policy experts have said. Though the draft has significantly simplified the…