Any information sought under RTI Act should be made public, unless...: HC

The Delhi high court said on Friday the purpose of Right to Information (RTI) Act is to bring in transparency, and if any information has been sought, it should be made public unless exempted from......

Personal Data Protection

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking person’s guide. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Last week, I was sitting in the rear seat of my car, deeply immersed in my Kindle, reading......

Digital Personal Data Protection Bill gets President's assent

The Digital Personal Data Protection bill, passed by Parliament this week, has received President's assent, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday. Digital Personal Data Protection......

Data protection bill protects govt from action taken in good faith

The data protection bill introduced in Parliament on Thursday enables the government "to call for information" from data protection board, data collecting entities or intermediary, and safeguards......

Inside India's new Digital Personal Data Protection framework

A new law that defines how companies should process users' data came into force with the President giving assent to the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act passed by Parliament in the......

Debt Collection Goes Digital

Companies don't have to be in the field to nudge people to return money they owe lenders. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Rishab Goel, co-founder of the digital-debt collections firm......

Data protection bill gets Cabinet nod; to be tabled during monsoon session of parliament

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill, which will be tabled during the monsoon session of Parliament, according to a source. Illustration:......

The Challenges Before Ola, Uber...

In many states, aggregators operate without a licence; in others, with the risk of the licence being revoked by any regional transport office on the slightest pretext. Kindly note the image has......

Race walker Bhawna blames mobile app after NADA suspension

The 27-year-old gold medallist in the 20km race-walk event at the National Inter-State Championships in June, has been asked to return home from Budapest after Athletics Federation of India (AFI)......