Centre calls Moody's concerns on Aadhaar 'baseless'
Moody's says India's Aadhaar faces hurdles, including the burden of establishing authorisation and concerns about biometric reliability.
Moody's says India's Aadhaar faces hurdles, including the burden of establishing authorisation and concerns about biometric reliability.
For six years, the country hasn't passed the law to protect privacy while private data is stolen from web portals
The government has asked CERT-In, which is the national nodal agency for cybersecurity incidents, to look into the issue and submit a report.
Meta said that the company is "disappointed to be singled out when using the same legal mechanism as thousands of other companies looking to provide services in Europe."
The latest data protection bill doesn't recognise the right to privacy, provides no checks against its breach by government agencies, provides for an unformed executive-controlled board for oversight.
Despite being the IT powerhouse of the world, lack of digital legislation has put the country's cyber defence under threat.
The report contains details of the user complaints received and the corresponding action taken by WhatsApp, as well as WhatsApp’s own preventive actions to combat abuse on its platform.
The observations are part of CAG's performance audit on the functioning of UIDAI.
To understand data privacy, we need to question data's fundamental nature. Does it possess the qualities of a 'property' that can be bought and sold? Or instead, should we treat it as 'information'?
Striking the right balance between effective data privacy, security, and innovation is the key to help expand the economic opportunity for India.