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Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha face disruptions, government withdraws Data Protec
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha faced disruptions due to protests by opposition members on various issues with the two Houses passing a bill each on the 13th day of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament. The government withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill,
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Government withdraws Data Protection Bill, to come up with new comprehensi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): The government on Wednesday withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 and has decided to come up with a new legislation in view of a large number of amendments suggested by the Joint Committee of Parliament towards a comprehensive legal framework
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Data leak of a billion Chinese nationals questions Xi's 'so-called' claims
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 9 (ANI): Despite China's claims of spending huge sums on the country's data security, the latest data leak of the Shanghai police database including personal data of nearly a billion citizens enraged anxiety among Chinese nationals, who accused the government of intentionally
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Police database breach a 'big black eye' for Chinese security systems
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], July 9 (ANI): There is rising outrage amongst Chinese citizens with the surfacing of numerous incidents of personal data breaches parked on Chinese security systems, with the latest being a breach on Shanghai police database.
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China records biggest ever database leak in history, 1 billion personal da
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 6 (ANI): China recorded the biggest ever database leak in history with nearly one billion personal data being online for more than a year.
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Data leak exposes China's surveillance measure
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 4 (ANI): China is collecting a staggering amount of personal data from millions of citizens with the intention to design a system where they can find out a person's identity, which will help the government in maintaining its authoritarian rule.
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slice issues a statement clarifying the recent Google Play Protect Alert
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], June 30 (ANI/NewsVoir): On June 23, slice's Android users who had updated their app to the 10.0.7.1 version were alerted by Google Play Protect that our app was harmful and made attempts to access our users' personal data.
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Twitter fined USD 150 million over alleged user-privacy violations
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 26 (ANI): Twitter has faced a big blow as Federal Trade Commission levied a USD 150 million fine on the microblogging site, alleging that the company illegally used peoples' personal data over six years to help sell targeted advertisements.
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IET India to lead a Disease Surveillance Project with Centre for Health Re
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 23 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) India is leading a Disease Surveillance Project in partnership with CHRI (Centre for Health Research and Innovation) that will use publicly available non-personal data to improve India
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Massive cyberattack hits Ukrainian government websites
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 14 (ANI): A number of Ukrainian government websites have been hit by "a massive cyberattack" warning Ukrainians to "be afraid and wait for the worst" and claiming that all their personal information had been hacked, CNN reported on Friday.
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Panel on data protection bill recomnends greater accountability of social
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): The joint parliamentary committee on personal data protection bill has recommended that all social media platforms, which do not act as intermediaries, "should be treated as publishers and be held accountable for the content they host".
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Committee on personal data protection bill suggests single regulatory body
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Noting that non-personal data has also to be dealt within the legislation if privacy is the concern, the Joint Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, has suggested creating a "single administration and regulatory body" to avert contradiction,
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