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The US government has already laid its eyes on data brokers who are notorious in selling the sensitive personal information of Americans.

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed into law the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA) (Senate Bill 619) on July 18, making Oregon the twelfth state to enact comprehensive data privacy...

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have urged businesses to stop using harmful website designs that can compromise personal data.

Union communications, electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023,

President Joe Biden last year called on the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to help protect the data privacy of women seeking reproductive healthcare who may face law enforcement action in some states.

With billionaires capitalising on data ownership, its important to find a way to curb the inequality in power while at the same time, avoiding colonisation of the internet.

A crucial new law will make it hard to use the landmark right to information legislation, activists say.

India News: Several parliamentarians and civil society activists have raised concerns that the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP) 2023 — passed by Parlia.

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 (DPDP) Act passed by Parliament in the just-concluded monsoon session. The law arms individuals with greater control over their data while allowing companies to transfer users data abroad for processing, except to nations and territories restricted by the Centre through notification. It also gives the government power to seek information from fir...

Telegram: The ministry said in a statement the decision to lift the ban came after "the company that owns the platform responded to the requirements of the security authorities that called on the company to disclose the entities that leaked citizens data."