privacy

NIC, IT Ministry Get CIC Notice After Saying They Don't Have Info On Aarogya Setu's Creation
The app was rolled out by the Indian government during the coronavirus pandemic to track the real-time movements of citizens to determine if they have been in the proximity ofCOVID-19patients.
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Bijli, Cell-Phone, Paani: Hackers Are Breaking Into Amazon Pay Later Accounts To Pay Utility Bills
Amazons new payment feature has spawned an innovative new kind of cybercrime.
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Govt Pulls Up Twitter Following Hacking Attempts Targeting High-Profile Users
CERT-In has also asked Twitter for information on number of users from India who have visited the malicious tweets and links.
By Press Trust of India

TikTok Has Many Troubles, India's Ban Was Just One In A Long List
The app, which is facing increasing scrutiny in some countries over security risks, maintains that it has not and will never share user data with China.
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DU Privacy Breach Put Student Bank Account And Aadhaar Details At Risk
Information gleaned from the admit-card breach can be further used to dig out even more sensitive information like Aadhaar card and bank details, a student found.
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DU Studentss Privacy Breach Is The Latest In A Growing List Of Exam Nightmares
The Delhi university shrugged off a major privacy breach triggered by the release of online admit cards for its undergraduate students.
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Kerala Govt Drops Sprinklr Deal, Asks US Firm To Destroy All Data
The state government on Thursday submitted that it now had full and exclusive ownership of the data.
By Newsroom

Aarogya Setu's 6 Major Privacy Issues Explained
What exactly are privacy advocates worried about with Aarogya Setu?
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Hacker Says Indian Govt Quietly Fixed A Security Issue In Aarogya Setu App
Ethical hacker Elliot Alderson pointed out on Tuesday that the app had risked the privacy of 90 million Indians.
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An Indian PSU Has Come Up With The Scariest COVID-19 Tracking Idea Yet
State-owned BECIL put out an Expression of Interest to build a wristband to snoop on every single aspect of a quarantined coronavirus patient. More than a hundred companies said they could do it.
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