Scientists across the world believe that contact tracing using smartphone apps, such as India's Aarogya Setu, may help control the Covid-19 pandemic and ease the world out of the lockdown, while also ...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the world wide web has turned out to be something of a Frankenstein’s monster. Its creator, though, is no Victor Frankenstein. The father of the web, Tim ...

Getting to see the people you care most about — even if it’s on a screen — matters a lot during the coronavirus lockdown. In the last few weeks, most mailboxes have been flooded with invitations...

Karnataka’s health department has published online the full addresses of the people under quarantine and those who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, raising privacy concerns.Easily dow...

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Union government on a batch of pleas challenging its recent gazette notification authorising some central agencies to “intercept, monitor and decrypt...

We’re being watched. We know we’re being watched, and we don’t think the watchers have our best interests at heart. They try to mollify us, arguing that we’re being watched for our own good an...

Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday said “many important people here” had told him “their privacy was being compromised with” while asserting he was “unaware of the information” chief mini...

The siege imposed by the government since August 5 – the day when the BJP-led government revoked Article 370 and subsequently completely shut down communications in the valley – also brought journ...

The new Personal Data Protection Bill- 2019 represents a positive step towards finally realising a data protection and privacy law for all Indians. It introduces principles of collection limitati...

What can a thief take after breaking into an empty house? Jewellery, a few expensive knick-knacks and who knows, maybe raid the refrigerator. But imagine digital information on your phone getting filc...