Privacy
What is Digital India Bill?
The Digital India Bill is the proposed successor to the Information Technology Act, of 2000, which currently regulates entities on the internet in India. The government will hold a public consultation on March 9 to present the basic guiding principles ..
Tags: Data protection • Privacy
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2023
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
What are voice deepfakes?
Deepfakes is the process of mimicking the voice of a person. Talking in their tone and style; like a mimicry. However, here the mimicry is done using the software. Therefore, the deep fake is the process of mimicking a person’s ..
Tags: Artificial intelligence • misuse of technology • Privacy • voice deepfake
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
National Data Governance Policy
Data governance is managing data usage, data security, data availability, and data integrity. During the Union Budget 2023 presentation, the finance minister Smt Nirmala Sitaraman announced that GoI is to launch National Governance Policy. The policy will create an Indian ..
Tags: anonymised data • Data governance • Privacy • Union Budget 2023
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Government Schemes Current Affairs
Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022
The Central Government released the new Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022. It is expected to be introduced in the Indian Parliament in 2023 during the budget session. Background The first draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 ..
Tags: Data protection • Data Protection Act • Digital Personal Data Protection Bill • Privacy
Month: Current Affairs – November, 2022
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
UIDAI on Using Aadhar data in crime investigations
Recently, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has told the Delhi High Court that fingerprints found at a crime scene cannot be matched against the Aadhaar database to identify criminals. Why did UIDAI object to using fingerprints for identifying ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Directions to VPN providers to collect customer data
Recently, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued a new directive to Virtual private network (VPN) service providers. What is the directive about? The CERT-In directive mandates that Virtual private network (VPN) service providers must maintain all customer data ..
Tags: CERT-In • MEITY • Privacy
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs