Newspaper ‘The Indian Express’ had reported that Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi revealed that almost 40% of the country’s smartphone users knowingly and unknowingly share their data to the world. Mehrishi disclosed this information before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs when he was...
Police arrested a man in Rajasthan last Tuesday for allegedly leaking details to Jio’s user database. The suspect, Imran Chhimpa, was traced via an IP address from a posted link that claimed to provide personal user details. Jio is a telecom company run by India’s wealthiest...
Indian cricket star Sachin Tendulkar was called out on Monday after posting a tweet that asked people to share the phone numbers of their friends. Tendulkar tweeted: "Have friends with many excuses to not get fit? Tag them using #NoExcuses with their cities & mobile...
Last Friday, India’s Modi Government objected to criticisms calling Aadhar “Orwellian”. Critics had been saying that the compulsory and invasive nature of the scheme is akin to totalitarianism. However, the government insists the system is a necessity for ensuring subsidy for the poor. Senior advocate Shyam...
In a recent exclusive report, Facebook’s deputy chief privacy officer Rob Sherman said that the Indian government should address the privacy needs of its citizens while promoting innovation and economic growth in the creation of its new data protection laws. In his recent visit to...