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Opinion

Opinion | How capitalism evolved to drop its defence of privacy

The trouble is that commercial interests are no longer aligned with protecting personal privacy

4 min read23 Apr 2019
Politics

Opposition slams cyber surveillance order

10 central probe and snoop agencies are now empowered under the Information Technology Act, 2000, for computer interception and analysis

2 min read21 Dec 2018
Politics

Government now has a lens on all your computers

The government has empowered 10 central agencies to monitor and decrypt any information on any computer in India

1 min read21 Dec 2018
Politics

Right to privacy is fundamental: Supreme Court

The historic judgement by the Supreme Court has set the stage for the introduction of a new privacy law by the government

4 min read25 Aug 2017
Opinion

Indians deserve their right to privacy

The right to privacy affirms the inherent dignity of the individual. Without it, the individual becomes identifiable, searchablea number

4 min read10 Aug 2017
Opinion

High time India had a right to privacy law

A private member bill tabled recently ticks most of the boxes that one would expect from a strong data privacy law

4 min read30 Jul 2017
Opinion

UIDAI is not India’s data watchman

For Aadhaar to succeed, India needs a separate, comprehensive privacy law on personal data protection

4 min read31 May 2017
Companies

The biggest privacy risk is your smartphone: Nandan Nilekani

Former UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani dispels privacy concerns surrounding Aadhaar and bats for biometric data protection and privacy laws in India

14 min read5 May 2017
Opinion

A new paradigm for privacy

If we discard consent we can build a privacy framework that can serve as a model for the rest of the world

4 min read29 Mar 2017

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