On paper, it promises to secure the privacy of Indian citizens. In reality, it introduces sweeping new powers for the government, imposes vague but punitive obligations on individuals, and threatens the work of journalists, whistleblowers, and civil society actors who hold the powerful to account.
In light of various government departments enforcing Aadhaar biometric and facial recognition-enabled attendance systems across the country, digital rights group Internet Freedom Foundation wrote to authorities outlining glaring privacy harms.
In a strange turn of events, reports reveal that the KYC data of 4 million users has been accessed by a hacker from the Indian Internet Service Provider Hathway.
In the third quarter of 2023, India experienced approximately 3.7 lakh online account breaches, averaging about three breaches per minute, as reported by the cybersecurity firm Surfshark, based in the Netherlands.
Human Rights Watch on Thursday alleged that the United Nations refugee agency improperly collected and shared personal information from ethnic Rohingya refugees with Bangladesh, which...