Govt may notify data embassy policy as part of new Data Bill The centre may soon notify a policy permitting countries and corporations to set up “data embassies” within India that will offer “diplomatic immunity” from local regulations for national as well as commercial digital data, top lawmakers told ET. The policy may be introduced as a part of the ...

India will need 90,000 forensic scientists in 9 years   Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the Centre will integrate forensic science-based investigation with the justice system to increase the conviction rate which is around 50%. He said the Centre will also make changes to the existing IPC, CrPC, and other laws dealing with crime to make forensic ...

Privacy concerns over AI-based chatbots   ChatGPT is a chatbot launched by OpenAI in November 2022. Artificial Intelligence (AI) based applications are the most significant addition to automation. AI-based chatbots work as enablers to enrich customer service, employee experience, performance improvement, and other processes which truly eliminate human intervention, by bringing in accuracy, speed, and agility. However, as these chatbots ...

Kamal Haasan’s party website hacked Kamal Haasan’s party website hacked Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 27 (ANI): The official website of Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) party headed by actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan has been hacked, said party on Friday. The party also denied reports of its merger with Congress, claiming that its website was hacked. Taking to Twitter, the MNM said, ...

Great Expectations: What the Indian crypto industry is hoping for in Budget 2023 The crypto industry has great expectations from the upcoming Union Budget of 2023. The Industry is hoping that FM Nirmala Sitraman will bring a number of changes, specifically how Virtual Digital Assets (VDAs) are classified and taxed. The 2 major demands are: 1. The 1% tax deducted ...

Alert! This app knows your location, says data privacy study   Data protection bill will end misuse of customer data, penalise violators: MoS IT The 2022 edition of the State of Data Privacy report from Arrka is based on a study of 200 mobile apps and websites, including 100 Indian organisations across 25 sectors, 76 organisations in the US and ...

Digital economy push offers hope for multiple players: Mastercard India’s push towards expanding the digital economy offers room for multiple players to grow in the payments ecosystem, said Michael Froman, vice chairman and president, strategic growth at Mastercard. “Digitisation and expanding the digital economy is good. There is plenty of room for many different types of players in that ecosystem,” ...

Three cornerstones of cryptographic compliance Cryptographic compliance can be a complex subject. India has many cryptographic regulations with which organizations must maintain compliance. In this article we will cover three common compliance requirements that organizations with cryptographic infrastructure must often take into consideration: data localization, the IT Act (message authentication in particular), and PCI compliance. While each of these compliance ...

Roaming Mantis uses DNS changers to target users via compromised public routers   Kaspersky researchers reported on a new domain name system (DNS) changer functionality used in the Roaming Mantis campaign. Now cybercriminals can use compromised Wi-Fi routers in cafes, airports hotels, and other public places to potentially infect more Android smartphones with the Wroba.o malware. At the moment, the ...

Cybersecurity, data theft pose biggest challenges to modern age policing: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said challenges to policing have now drastically transformed: from tackling geographical problems like terrorism and unrest in J&K, left-wing extremism and unrest in the northeast to countering new-age ‘thematic’ threats of cyber security and data theft, with problems becoming ...