How safe is our personal health data with the Indian government? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 1 month ago

How safe is our personal health data with the Indian government? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

Just about a month ago, Rescurity, an American cyber security firm, said that personal information of 815 million Indians was being sold on the dark web. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences – AIIMS in Delhi has also been hit by cyber attacks – in one ransomware case, the hackers took over the servers, encrypted the data, and made it impossible for the hospital to access its own systems. Health data consists of sensitive, personal information and once stolen, can increase the risk of digital identity theft, online banking thefts, tax frauds and other financial crimes. Guest: Shivangi Rai, Deputy Coordinator at Centre for Health Equity, Law and Policy, Indian Law Society, Pune Host: Zubeda Hamid Edited by Sharmada Venkatasubramanian.

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ICMR Data Leak: 4 Nabbed For Selling Info On Dark Web for 'Quick Money'
1 year ago

ICMR Data Leak: 4 Nabbed For Selling Info On Dark Web for 'Quick Money'

News 18  

Delhi Police has arrested four people in connection with the Indian Council of Medical Research data leak case. The move came around two months after Central probe agencies found personal details of over 81 crore Indians were leaked from the data bank of ICMR and put on sale on the dark web. Earlier this year, the Delhi police had taken …

U.S. cyber security firm indicates data breach sourced from ICMR
1 year, 1 month ago

U.S. cyber security firm indicates data breach sourced from ICMR

The Hindu  

The Central Government is yet to respond to reports about the American cyber security and intelligence agency Resecurity’s alert on the alleged data leak of over 81 crore Indians Aadhaar and passport information along with names, phone numbers and addresses with the Indian Council of Medical Research. ICMR has faced multiple cyber-attack attempts since February, and the latest alleged breach …

Today’s Cache | India’s Personal Data Protection Act weakens RTI; Google hit with copyright lawsuit; Microsoft unbundles Teams to avert fines
1 year, 3 months ago

Today’s Cache | India’s Personal Data Protection Act weakens RTI; Google hit with copyright lawsuit; Microsoft unbundles Teams to avert fines

The Hindu  

India’s Personal Data Protection Act weakens RTI Activists have long warned of dilution of the Right to information and with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, of 2023, the qualified prohibitions to certain right to information to be kept secret have turned into total prohibitions. The lawsuit, alleging copyright violations, was filed by the Danish Media Association a year after …

Personal Data Protection: How India's Law Looks Compared to EU's Regulations
1 year, 4 months ago

Personal Data Protection: How India's Law Looks Compared to EU's Regulations

The Quint  

DPDPA seeks “to provide for the processing of digital personal data in a manner that recognises both the right of individuals to protect their personal data and the need to process such personal data for lawful purposes and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto,” as mentioned at the beginning of the legislation. In August 2017, when the nine-judge bench …

Word choice in India’s data protection law and a dilution of rights
1 year, 4 months ago

Word choice in India’s data protection law and a dilution of rights

The Hindu  

After years of going back and forth on its contents, India finally has a data protection law, i.e., the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. In the search for an answer to this question, we need to look at two basic features of any data protection law: the use of personal data with consent and without it. As decades of …

Explained: India's new Digital Personal Data Protection framework
1 year, 4 months ago

Explained: India's new Digital Personal Data Protection framework

Hindustan Times  

A new law that defines how companies should process users' data came into force with the President giving assent to the Digital Personal Data Protection Act passed by Parliament in the just-concluded monsoon session. Digital Personal Data Protection law has been notified by government. Entities must protect personal data in their possession by taking reasonable security safeguards to prevent a …

Indranil Banerjie | A Law to Protect Citizens, Or To Help in State Snooping?
1 year, 4 months ago

Indranil Banerjie | A Law to Protect Citizens, Or To Help in State Snooping?

Deccan Chronicle  

In today’s digital age, privacy is a chimera -- the reality is that every intimate detail of our lives, from our eating and spending patterns to medical and financial details, are digitally recorded in some computer somewhere in the vast cloud and can therefore be potentially exposed. The idea of a digital data protection law had become imperative given the …

Indians raise concerns over data compromises by govt and telcos: Report
1 year, 4 months ago

Indians raise concerns over data compromises by govt and telcos: Report

India TV News  

Ahead of the expected tabling of the Digital Personal Data Protection bill in Parliament on August 3, a new report highlights the concerns of Indian citizens regarding data breaches. Among those who believed their personal data had been leaked, 72% mentioned their mobile numbers, 63% cited email addresses, 53% referred to Aadhaar numbers, and 50% indicated PAN card numbers. Regarding …

New Data Protection Bill receives Cabinet's green light: Here's all you need to know
1 year, 5 months ago

New Data Protection Bill receives Cabinet's green light: Here's all you need to know

India TV News  

India's ongoing efforts to protect privacy and personal data have gained significance in light of the Supreme Court's recognition of privacy as a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution. The need for a robust data protection law became apparent following incidents of data breaches and unauthorized use of personal information by entities before stricter regulations were imposed globally. …

India’s shield of privacy should reflect Article 21
1 year, 5 months ago

India’s shield of privacy should reflect Article 21

Live Mint  

The monsoon session of Indian Parliament will likely take up a bill framed in response to the Supreme Court ruling of 24 August 2017 that said privacy is a fundamental right. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, a draft of which was published last year to replace an unwieldy earlier proposal, got Cabinet approval this week as part of the …

Fix govt accountability for personal data leaks
1 year, 6 months ago

Fix govt accountability for personal data leaks

Hindustan Times  

Privacy – that elusive fundamental right – is again under the spotlight with reports of a possible breach of CoWIN data of individuals. Two provisions under the Information Technology Act, 2000 – Section 43A and Section 72A – encompass personal data protection in India. Pursuant to the Puttaswamy judgment of 2017, the central government released multiple drafts of the proposed …

DC Edit | CoWIN data leak breach of trust, must be probed
1 year, 6 months ago

DC Edit | CoWIN data leak breach of trust, must be probed

Deccan Chronicle  

Media reports of a purported breach of crucial data of most, if not all the, beneficiaries, meaning most of the Indians citizens who got vaccinated for Covid, or nearly a billion-odd people, are not only unfortunate if found to be true, but also raise a serious issue concerning the trust of all citizens sharing any data with the government across …

'Who let this happen?': Karti Chidambaram slams govt after alleged CoWin data breach
1 year, 6 months ago

'Who let this happen?': Karti Chidambaram slams govt after alleged CoWin data breach

Hindustan Times  

Congress MP Karti Chidamabaram on Monday demanded answers from union Information Technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw after reports that private details of 'all' vaccinated Indians stored on the government's CoWIN platform had been hacked and leaked online. Why is Government of India sitting on a data protection law?” Congress MP Karti Chidambaram Earlier today, in a lengthy Twitter thread, Trinamool Congress …

Personal info of those vaccinated leaked from CoWIN portal, claim opposition leaders
1 year, 6 months ago

Personal info of those vaccinated leaked from CoWIN portal, claim opposition leaders

India Today  

Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale on Monday took to Twitter to allege a "major privacy breach by the Modi government" through the Covid-19 vaccination app CoWIN, claiming that "personal details of all vaccinated Indians have been leaked and are freely available". The list of such opposition leaders, according to his tweet, included Rajya Sabha MP and TMC Leader Derek O'Brien, …

10 Important Data Protection Practices To Keep In Mind For A Startup In India
1 year, 9 months ago

10 Important Data Protection Practices To Keep In Mind For A Startup In India

Live Law  

Recent years have seen a digital boom worldwide resulting in the explosion of digital data collection and distribution. In this regard, the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022 has been proposed which will ensure fair use and disposal of digital personal data collected online and offline in India and also outside India by companies offering goods and services to individuals …

First Principles | What the new Data Protection Bill might look like
2 years, 2 months ago

First Principles | What the new Data Protection Bill might look like

Hindustan Times  

Ever wondered why do you get spammed with phone calls, emails and text messages from service providers of all kinds? In any case, this was the stated intent of the Personal Data Protection Bill which was withdrawn after much work had gone into it earlier in August this year. While the browser is free, the data that Chrome collects about …

No central storage of data, onus on hospitals to keep it safe: NHA chief
2 years, 2 months ago

No central storage of data, onus on hospitals to keep it safe: NHA chief

Hindustan Times  

There will be no central vault to store health data of patients who use Ayushman Bharat Health Account numbers, with the onus being on affiliated hospitals to store and protect the data, National Health Authority chief RS Sharma said in an interview to HT. India’s health data management policy acts as a guiding document for the national digital health ecosystem, …

As IRCTC Mulls Data Monetisation, There Is an Urgent Need for Data Privacy Rules
2 years, 4 months ago

As IRCTC Mulls Data Monetisation, There Is an Urgent Need for Data Privacy Rules

The Quint  

Both these moves have sparked a new line of debate about the data privacy issues. The recent withdrawal of the Personal Data Protection Bill by the government, citing more comprehensive legislation, has also triggered concerns as data privacy remains guided by the provisions of the Information Technology Amendment Act 2008 and the related rules of 2011, and are found to …

Explained | Why has the government withdrawn the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019?
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained | Why has the government withdrawn the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On Wednesday, August 3, the Central government withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill that it had tabled in the Lok Sabha on December 11, 2019. Alongside this, the government has also said that it received several concerns from the tech industry — specifically from Indian start-ups — regarding the stipulations on data localisation in the Bill. …

Why grassroots boost for India’s digital health dreams is need of the hour
2 years, 5 months ago

Why grassroots boost for India’s digital health dreams is need of the hour

Firstpost  

On 27 September 2021, the Central government launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission to enable digitisation of medical records, which patients can then access on their smartphones. For example, Section 24 of the HDMP provides for health facility auditors ‘to verify that the services offered by the health facility are the same as claimed by such facility during the registration …

What Does The Data Protection Bill 2021 Mean For Commercial Industries?
2 years, 7 months ago

What Does The Data Protection Bill 2021 Mean For Commercial Industries?

Live Law  

The second working session at the Bar Association of India's Seminar on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2021 held on 3rd May 2022 at New Delhi looked into the nuances of the impact that the impugned bill might bring upon industries. A Data Protection Bill which tries to bring both personal and non-personal data under it will raise the level …

Weighing in on a health data retention plan
2 years, 10 months ago

Weighing in on a health data retention plan

The Hindu  

In a welcome development, the National Health Authority — the body responsible for administering the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission — has initiated a consultation process on the retention of health data by health-care providers in India. For instance, the consultation paper asks whether the health data retention policy should be made applicable only to health-care providers who are participating in …

India wants to protect your data. Should you worry?
2 years, 11 months ago

India wants to protect your data. Should you worry?

Al Jazeera  

After it introduced a Personal Data Protection Bill in December 2019 to protect people’s personal data, India said it would set up a data protection authority to do the job. The bill lists about six categories to define personal data, including an individual’s name, mobile number, biometrics – anything that can identify a person. Moreover, the fact that India, a …

Data Protection Bill Rooted in User Rights & Privacy Will Ensure Success of Digital Health Mission
3 years ago

Data Protection Bill Rooted in User Rights & Privacy Will Ensure Success of Digital Health Mission

News 18  

Digital healthcare is a promising prospect. The proposed Personal Data Protection bill categorises health data as sensitive personal data, which would mean that there are enhanced protections in place that would grant more rights to the data principals and place more obligation on the data fiduciaries. The ABDM’s Health Data Management Policy distinguishes between EHRs, EMRs, personal data, and sensitive …

14 Cr Health IDs Created, Scheme Will Help Get Faster, Affordable Care: Digital Health Mission Head
3 years, 1 month ago

14 Cr Health IDs Created, Scheme Will Help Get Faster, Affordable Care: Digital Health Mission Head

News 18  

India has generated around 14 crore health IDs under the National Digital Health Mission, a scheme that will enable Indians to create and access digital health records. According to the mission’s head, Dr RS Sharma, chief executive officer at the National Health Authority, the programme has shown “good progress” since its national roll-out by Prime Minister Modi on September 27. …

Unique Digital Health ID card: How to register, unique health ID, PHR address, documents required and other benefits
3 years, 2 months ago

Unique Digital Health ID card: How to register, unique health ID, PHR address, documents required and other benefits

India Today  

The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring a change to the country’s healthcare system. As per the official website of the National Health Authority, Health ID is the first initial step to create safe and efficient digital health records for the citizens of India. The digital health ID is a randomly generated 14-digit …

Explained | What are the concerns of digital health mission?
3 years, 2 months ago

Explained | What are the concerns of digital health mission?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, launched on September 27, aims to give every citizen a unique digital health ID, which involves their health records being digitally protected and making health a “holistic and inclusive model”. The ID can also be made by self-registration on the portal, downloading the ABMD Health Records app on one’s mobile or …

A scheme before its time: The Hindu Editorial on digital health mission
3 years, 2 months ago

A scheme before its time: The Hindu Editorial on digital health mission

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the National Digital Health Mission, the most salient aspect of which is that all citizens will have the option of voluntarily opting for a Health ID, a 14-digit health identification number that will uniquely identify every citizen and will be a repository of their medical history. India’s federal structure, the size of its population …

Financial privacy must be recognised in India
3 years, 5 months ago

Financial privacy must be recognised in India

Hindustan Times  

Does one grain of sand make a ‘heap’? In a recent article linked below, this linguistic conflation in the context of ‘financial privacy’ is examined in the context of India’s technology and financial sector laws governing the vast field of ‘fintech’, including public and private financial institutions, regulators, government bodies and ministries, and financial institutions like banks, insurance companies, pension …

EXPLAINED: Why RBI Has Barred New Users For Mastercard And What Data Privacy Has To Do With It
3 years, 5 months ago

EXPLAINED: Why RBI Has Barred New Users For Mastercard And What Data Privacy Has To Do With It

News 18  

International payments service provider Mastercard has fallen foul of the Reserve Bank of India over non-compliance with a three-year-old order that had asked for data of card transactions done in India to be stored within the country itself instead of at overseas data centres. RBI had noted the “considerable growth in the payment ecosystem in the country”, but found that …

Why the Personal Data Protection Bill matters
3 years, 8 months ago

Why the Personal Data Protection Bill matters

The Hindu  

The pandemic has forced more people to participate in the digital economy. However, the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, now under scrutiny by a Joint Parliamentary Committee, could play a big role in providing robust protections to users and their personal data. However, this data protection regime falls short of providing effective protection to users and their personal data. In …

India's Overdue Appointment With Data Privacy
4 years, 1 month ago

India's Overdue Appointment With Data Privacy

Live Law  

The past couple of years have been very exciting for data privacy enthusiasts in India. by the Supreme Court of India, which has enunciated the Right to Privacy as a fundamental right falling under Article 21 which guarantees Protection Of Life And Personal Liberty under the aegis of the Indian Constitution to the introduction of the Personal Data Protection Bill, …

Sensitive data of Dr Lal Pathlabs patients left open on public server, says report
4 years, 2 months ago

Sensitive data of Dr Lal Pathlabs patients left open on public server, says report

India Today  

In a major security lapse, Dr Lal Pathlabs, India’s largest lab testing company, exposed the data of millions of patients on a public server. As per TechCrunch, the company was storing hundreds of spreadsheets containing sensitive data of patients in public storage bucket hosted on Amazon Web Services. Reacting to the whole security breach, Toivenon told TC, “Once I discovered …

Protection of Personal Data Should Be Backed by Law, Says RBI Executive Director Rabi Sankar
4 years, 2 months ago

Protection of Personal Data Should Be Backed by Law, Says RBI Executive Director Rabi Sankar

News 18  

Protection of personal data should be backed by a legal provision as it will help ensure privacy and confidentiality of individuals, a senior RBI official said on Tuesday. Data protection is crucial because privacy and confidentiality of individuals is their right under the Constitution, RBI Executive Director T Rabi Sankar said. "I strongly believe that the protection of use of …

India Needs Paradigm Shift in Personal Data Management: Niti Aayog
4 years, 3 months ago

India Needs Paradigm Shift in Personal Data Management: Niti Aayog

News 18  

India needs a paradigm shift in personal data management that will promote greater user control on data sharing, according to a new discussion paper by Niti Aayog. “India needs a paradigm shift in personal data management that transforms the current organisation-centric data sharing system to an individual centric approach that promotes user control on data sharing for empowerment,” the discussion …

Draft health data management policy released for public feedback
4 years, 3 months ago

Draft health data management policy released for public feedback

The Hindu  

The National Health Authority has released the Draft Health Data Management Policy of the National Digital Health Mission in the public domain. NHA Chief Executive Officer Indu Bhushan said, “The draft is the maiden step in realising the NDHM’s guiding principle of ‘Security and Privacy by Design’ for the protection of individuals’ data privacy. It encompasses various aspects pertaining to …

Centre Frames Draft Policy on Data Privacy Under National Digital Health Mission
4 years, 3 months ago

Centre Frames Draft Policy on Data Privacy Under National Digital Health Mission

News 18  

To safeguard confidential health data collected from people under the National Digital Health Mission, the government has proposed a framework and a set of minimum standards for data privacy protection to be followed across the board in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The draft policy mainly seeks to set out a framework for "secure processing of personal and sensitive …

Balancing Data Availability, Innovation and Privacy: A Crucial Discussion on India's Data Protection Law
6 years, 8 months ago

Balancing Data Availability, Innovation and Privacy: A Crucial Discussion on India's Data Protection Law

Hindustan Times  

Indian government is working on a data protection law to balance data availability, innovation and privacy issues. The country is setting the world agenda on sustainable development, climate justice, fighting terrorism, fight against black money and other important issues. The government is also taking steps to strengthen cyber laws and data protection framework.

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