Data protection bill: Government can still access personal information

The challenge for a privacy legislation in India is keeping pace with a rapidly changing technology landscape, while at the same time worrying about the rights of its citizens.

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How your selfie obsession has created a Rs 100 crore market in India

With 10 million monthly active users in India, photo-editing apps are carving out a Rs 100 crore market.

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'Fileless' cyber attacks on the rise in 2018: McAfee

Cyber-criminals are increasingly applying "fileless" attacks in 2018 that leverage trusted Windows executables to invade systems and breach corporate networks, a new report has said.

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Chipmakers say helping Indian handset brands to make a comeback

Indian handset vendors underestimated Chinese companies, and lost considerable market share to players like Xiaomi, Oppo and vivo in the last few years.

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YouTube plans original programming in India, Japan and other markets

Some of the programming will appear on YouTube Premium, the monthly subscription service formerly called YouTube Red.

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The India draft bill on data protection draws inspiration from GDPR, but has it's limits

EU's GDPR bestows several rights on the EU residents to protect their personal information and imposes restrictions to how companies keep data on them.

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Srikrishna panel report: Tech companies to undergo data audits

Clause 38 of the draft bill says any one collecting data could be termed a 'significant data fiduciary' based on the volume of data processed, the sensitivity of the data processed and its turnover.

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