RBI's move comes a day after two US senators called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging to soften India’s stance on data localisation, warning that measures requiring it represent "key trade barriers" between the two nations.
In their letter, US Sentors John Cornyn and Mark Warner — co-chairs of the Senate's India caucus that comprises over 30 senators — urged India to instead adopt a "light touch" regulatory framework that would allow data to flow freely across borders.
The draft bill moots seeking "explicit consent" for processing 'sensitive personal information' like religious or political beliefs, sexual orientation and biometric details.
The clarification came after a report from a media outlet stated that the Aadhaar database, which contains the biometrics and personal information of over one billion Indians, had been hacked by a software patch which reportedly disables critical security features.
The Minister said that Aadhaar authorities conduct nearly one crore authentications every second.
Music streaming app Saavn and telecom firm Airtel are among the dozens of companies that received access to user data.
Paytm reiterated that their policy allows only legally compliant data requests from the "law of the land" to get access to data for necessary investigation.
Cambridge Analytica used the data of millions of Facebook users to target ads during political campaigns, including the US presidential vote.
The Indian government and law enforcement agencies requested information on 13,752 user accounts for which "some data" was produced in 54% of the cases in the January-June 2017 period, Facebook said.
Speaking at the India Mobile Congress, Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman Mukesh Ambani said data is the new oil and India does not need to import it.
Alibaba-owned browser UCWeb has been accused of leaking mobile data of its Indian users to China.
Ookla on Wednesday said data accuracy and neutrality is of utmost importance and the company goes to great lengths to ensure that the information collected on any Speedtest internet test is verifiably correct.
In the new ‘joy of Holi’ offer, Telecom operator Reliance Communications (RCOM) today announced a new offering to provide 1GB data to new 4G customers for Rs 49 whereas 3GB data will be priced at
Alarmed by the disruptive data plans that Reliance Jio is offering, India's largest telecom service provider Bharti Airtel on Tuesday said the industry will soon come up with more aggressive data plans.
While Centre is introducing myriad plans and schemes to improve the literacy rate throughout the nation, the recently released Census 2011 data reveals some shocking facts about the widespread illiteracy and child labour in India.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has allowed the telecom companies to increase of validity for mobile data packs to 365 days, from the current up to 90 days. “Requests were received in
New Delhi: The internet is a boon to knowledge. At any given moment, millions of people are searching, tweeting and emailing all at once. However, it was difficult to absorb the volume of activity on the internet every second, until now. Now, a live
San Francisco: Microsoft is suing the government over a federal law that lets authorities examine its users' email or online files without their knowledge. It's the latest conflict between the tech industry and U.S. officials
New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry has directed central paramilitary forces like CRPF and BSF to restrain their personnel from sharing "sensitive" information and photos on social media forums like WhatsApp and Facebook.The latest directive
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