The trouble is that commercial interests are no longer aligned with protecting personal privacy
4 min read23 Apr 201910 central probe and snoop agencies are now empowered under the Information Technology Act, 2000, for computer interception and analysis
2 min read21 Dec 2018The government has empowered 10 central agencies to monitor and decrypt any information on any computer in India
1 min read21 Dec 2018The 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 2017The right to privacy affirms the inherent dignity of the individual. Without it, the individual becomes identifiable, searchablea number
4 min read10 Aug 2017A private member bill tabled recently ticks most of the boxes that one would expect from a strong data privacy law
4 min read30 Jul 2017For Aadhaar to succeed, India needs a separate, comprehensive privacy law on personal data protection
4 min read31 May 2017Former UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani dispels privacy concerns surrounding Aadhaar and bats for biometric data protection and privacy laws in India
14 min read5 May 2017If 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 2017The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared