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The Union Cabinet has approved the draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill 2023 and will table it in the upcoming monsoon sessionof Parliament, a report has said. The Monsoon session of Parliament will be held from July…

Meta, the parent company of two major social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, finds itself hitting the headlines almost every year for wrong reasons such as privacy, misinformation and mental health.Recently, in a judgment against…

The upcoming Digital Personal Data Protection Bill will drive "deep behavioural changes" among those platforms in India that have for long exploited or misused personal data, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has asserted. In an interview…

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 US lawmakers recently battered TikTok’s CEO about the company’s link to China and safety of users’ data. While the bigger picture was that the data of American people is falling into the hands of foreign countries, the plan regarding…

In what could pose as a major roadblock for ecommerce and food-delivery firms, the union government may issue rules stipulating that 'related party' or ‘associated enterprises' of internet marketplaces should not sell products or services…

A file photo of Afghan students protesting in Bengaluru against the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. | Photo Credit: PTI Chaos over Rahul Gandhi’s comments in London as Parliament resumes after breakChildren of lesbian, gay parents do not…

Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday held the first-ever consultation on the proposed Digital India Act and discussed rules to handle data captured by invasive gadgets like spy glasses and wearable…

The parliamentary standing committee has given its go-ahead to the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, which will now be introduced in the upcoming second half of the budget session of Parliament, electronics and information…

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill outlines the rights and duties of a citizen and the fiduciary's obligations to use collected data lawfully. (Photo: Shutterstock)MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar said so after a netizen tweeted that he was…