Govt may need to have a new form of law to mandate SIM card and bank…
Breaking Tech Industry news from the top sourcesRecently, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stated that parliamentary legislation can bring back mandatory…
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No clarity on why Google included UIDAI number in Android setup wizard in…
Google's admission that it had in 2014 inadvertently coded the 112 distress number and the UIDAI helpline number into its Setup Wizard for Android…
UIDAI defends Aadhaar, hits back against rumours after…
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Sunday slammed people with "vested interests" for spreading "rumours" against the Aadhaar, and…
Google acknowledges adding UIDAI helpline number to Android phones | Tech…
A lot of people in India found a UIDAI number showing up on their smartphones without their consent. This left thousands of users confused and…
Aadhaar helpline number slithers into Indian mobiles, UIDAI denies…
This morning, Indian citizens were a bit confused, the UIDAI number had slithered into their phonebooks by default and there is a lot of hullaballoo on…
Privacy regulations must have users at the centre of data protection…
India is having a moment. A moment on privacy. Reports on Cambridge Analytica, Aadhaar data breaches and Paytm sharing user data with offices of the…
Aadhaar privacy issues extend beyond the security of its biometric database…
The weekend saw a sharp exchange of tweets between our soon-to-retire telecom regulatory chief Mr R.S. Sharma and advocates of privacy. He is an…
India’s billion digital identities, guest post by Chris Skinner | Digital…
We’re delighted to bring you this interesting guest post from Chris Skinner, who we have previously featured and interviewed here. Title image from pixabay…
Personal details of TRAI chief RS Sharma ‘leaked’ after open…
A sharp exchange of tweets on Saturday evening led to the leaking of the alleged personal details of India's telecom watchdog chief RS Sharma, after…
Data-protection bill draft could dilute govt accountability on Aadhaar:…
The justice BN Srikrishna committee had been appointed to draft a data-protection law for India on August 2017, following the Right to Privacy ruling.…