Of Gaurakshaks and data privacy

What if the digital records of a food delivery service are leaked?What if a tech-savvy gaurakshak scans those records and discovers who the beef-eaters are?What happens next?Devangshu Datta......

Say No To Cookies From Strangers

Mothers' advice from 50 years ago reappears, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   I can't help remembering my dear long-gone mother each time I get adventurous and......

How to save democracy from Facebook

All the fixes require either the enactment of a data-protection law, or the amendment of our existing competition law. This can take many years. However, there is an opportunity for the government......

The Menace Of Illegal Constructions

As we brace for unprecedented rates of urbanisation, it is crucial to ensure that illegal constructions and unauthorised land use are curbed, asserts Amit Kapoor. IMAGE: National Disaster Response......

IRCTC moves to monetise passenger data

In a first of its kind move, the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), the ticket booking arm of the Indian Railways, is looking to monetise its bank of passenger data while......

Facebook's lobbying practices in India may be probed before election

The parliamentary committee on IT has recently been in the news for asking global representatives of Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram to present their views on misuse of social media......

This time Sebi has some good news for investors

The Indian market regulator had revamped the FPI regulations in 2014 giving custodians the mandate to collect and verify the KYC documentation of offshore investors Illustration: Uttam......

Lax attitude towards data security could cost India Inc dear

A large number of large and small businesses process EU data, have customers from the EU or have access to data of EU citizens in one way or another. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The......