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Discover how Indian security agencies are leveraging open-source intelligence and artificial intelligence to gather crucial information from public sources and social media, all while ensuring privacy is protected. Key PointsIndian security agencies use open-source intelligence from public sources, including social media, for intelligence gathering.The Home Ministry assures that no private or personal information is gathered, thus preventing privacy violations.Data scraping is used to monitor s ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 31: A comprehensive new study by ComplyZero Research has revealed that 95.9% of Indian websites collect user data through tracking technologies without obtaining proper cookie consent, potentially violating the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023. Also Read | Nagaland State Lottery Sambad Result Today 8 PM Live: Dear Destiny Tuesday Lottery Result of March 31, 2026 Declared Online, Watch Lucky Draw Winners List. The report, titled "The State of ...Read More >
VMPL Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 31: A comprehensive new study by ComplyZero Research has revealed that 95.9% of Indian websites collect user data through tracking technologies without obtaining proper cookie consent, potentially violating the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023. The report, titled "The State of Cookie Compliance in India, 2026," analysed more than 6,000 websites across 24 industry sectors and evaluated over 84,000 tracking cookies to assess India's prepa ...Read More >
A petition has been filed in the Kerala high court claiming that the chief minister's office (CMO) accessed personal information of government employees, including their mobile numbers and e-mail IDs, from the official e-governance portal for a bulk messaging campaign to highlight the achievements of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government. The plea has been filed by an official of the department of general administration of the state government along with an associate professor of KTM Colle ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): The government has implemented comprehensive measures to protect the personal data of Aadhaar number holders, and no breach of data has occurred from the central database to date. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, in a press release on Wednesday, confirmed that the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) uses a multi-layered security system to keep information safe. "Till date, no breach of Aadhaar card holders' data has occur ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nasscom-Data Security Council of India (DSCI) on Friday said the government's notification of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules 2025 marks a significant milestone in India's ongoing journey to strengthen its personal data protection architecture. With the rules now in force, the industry has a clearer and more actionable roadmap, it added. "We commend the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for adopting a constructive, consultat ...Read More >
Mumbai, September 15: Google's Gemini AI saree trend has taken the internet by storm, with women in India and across the globe using DeepMind's latest image editing tool "Nano Banana" to create vintage saree looks. Social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, among others, are flooded with photos of users who are sharing AI-generated images of themselves draped in sarees. Users using Gemini are experimenting with prompts such as "retro", "traditional bridal look", "Bollywood-inspired s ...Read More >
Mumbai: Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, once distant cousins, are coming together to challenge the Maharashtra government's choice to implement Hindi as a compulsory language for Classes 1 to 5 according to the National Education Policy (NEP). They perceive this action as an infringement on local identity and language variety. Uddhav's Shiv Sena (UBT) and Raj's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) are set to conduct a unified protest march on July 5, representing their first joint endeavour in twenty year ...Read More >
New Delhi: The banking regulator is examining suggestions to further streamline credit bureau processes and reduce information asymmetry with lenders, a move aimed at addressing data inconsistency and transparency for customers, said people familiar with the development. "A technical working group has been formed by the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) to address concerns raised by financial institutions related to credit information companies (CICs)," said an executive, who did not wish to be ident ...Read More >
New Delhi: The banking regulator is examining suggestions to further streamline credit bureau processes and reduce information asymmetry with lenders, a move aimed at addressing data inconsistency and transparency for customers, said people familiar with the development. "A technical working group has been formed by the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) to address concerns raised by financial institutions related to credit information companies (CICs)," said an executive, who did not wish to be ident ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least 118 million women consumers in India have entered the credit mainstream for the first time in the last 10 years, unlocking opportunities that were previously unavailable to them, according to a report on Thursday. Over 714 million individuals have gained access to formal credit, positively impacting households across the country over the past two decades, said the report by TransUnion CIBIL, released at a conference here. Retail delinquencies (balance-l ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 2 (ANI): RBI Deputy Governor M Rajeshwar Rao has called for frequent data updates by Credit Information Companies (CICs), asserting that it will improve loan underwriting precision, among others. Addressing TransUnion CIBIL's Credit Conference in Mumbai on Tuesday, the RBI deputy governor outlined two critical enablers -- data freshness and data quality-- for the betterment of India's credit ecosystem. Currently, credit data is refreshed on a fortnightly basi ...Read More >
Trend Micro Incorporated, warned that highly customised, AI-powered attacks could supercharge scams, phishing and influence operations in 2025 and beyond. Sharda Tickoo, Country Manager for India & SAARC, Trend Micro: "As generative AI makes its way ever deeper into enterprises and the societies they serve, we need to be alert to the threats. Hyper-personalised attacks and agent AI subversion will require industry-wide effort to root out and address. Business leaders should remember that there' ...Read More >
* Commoditisation and similarity of products and services with competitors will have the most significant impact on how businesses deliver customer experiences over the next two years, according to the latest IDC InfoBrief commissioned by Affinidi * However, businesses who are looking to hyper-personalise their products as a competitive differentiator are facing several obstacles in addressing the privacy-personalisation dilemma, with 56% of them highlighting data collection and management to be ...Read More >
Key words: Administrative fine, Data subject rights, Personal data breach, Accountability, Data security, Sensitive data The President of the Personal Data Protection Office has imposed a fine on the "Stop LGBT" Legislative Initiative Committee for the way it conducted the collection of signatures. This was because the lists with signatures for the project banning assemblies on LGBT rights were left lying unsecured in the church. According to information received by the DPA, the "Stop LGBT" Le ...Read More >
Spotify users worldwide are experiencing widespread service disruptions, with the music streaming platform reportedly taking action against unauthorized modified app versions. Several users have reported facing issues with the streaming platform on social media platform X. "Fr they took down all the Spotify mod apks," wrote one user, while another expressed defiance, stating, "So Spotify really took down all the modded apk versions of it. Still ain't gonna buy premium f**k capitalism (maybe man ...Read More >
The EU's aggressive stance against Big Tech has inspired governments worldwide, from Australia to the US, to draft their own regulatory frameworks. The European Union (EU) has long prided itself on being a global leader in the regulation of Big Tech, with initiatives like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the more recent Digital Markets Act (DMA) and Digital Services Act (DSA). These frameworks are seen as trailblazing attempts to curb the monopolistic tendencies and societal ha ...Read More >
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