Around 9.2% of 630 adolescents surveyed in Delhi-National Capital Region had experienced cyberbullying and half of them had not reported it to teachers, guardians or the social media companies concerned, a recent study by Child Rights and You (CRY), a non-governmental organisation, found. Vulnerability rose with internet use: 22.4% of respondents (aged 13-18 years) who…
The Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the government’s Personal Data Protection Bill has asked for public comments on the legislation. The committee is headed by BJP lawyer and MP Meenakshi Lekhi and has a total of 28 members. A number of data privacy advocates welcomed the move, as the demand has been growing for quite some…
Recently reported Delhi Police call log records show that during the targeted violence which proceeded unchecked for days barely an hour’s drive from Parliament, police stations in the national capital’s targeted areas received 700 distress calls on Sunday February 23 – 3,500 calls on Monday – 7,500 on Tuesday – and 1,500 on Wednesday February…
Thirty-six-year-old Shivani had been married for 16 years. From the early years of the marriage, she had been depressed because her husband and his family confined her to the house, in Rohtak, Haryana, she told IndiaSpend. Her husband would insult her for being overweight and for falling sick often. In August 2017, Shivani tried to…
It was the New Year’s eve and Noida-based Neha Chandra, a PR firm employee, travelled to Paris to welcome the New Year with full enthusiasm. However, things took an ugly turn when her wallet was stolen while travelling through the French city’s metro. Within few minutes, Chandra’s zest for the celebrations disappeared as she noticed…
Proposed rules to regulate the way companies handle customers’ personal data has received a mixed response from India’s private sector, with some businesses praising it as necessary to protect privacy and others complaining that it will adversely impact their operations. India’s Personal Data Protection Bill seeks to protect consumers’ financial details, biometric data, caste, religious…
Over the past few years, there have been numerous reports on how personal user data was breached by mobile apps. The latest entrant in the list is the Maya app. As reported by Privacy International, Maya, a menstruation app was selling intimate data to third parties including Facebook. Many data privacy experts believe there are…