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MediaNama's reading list for PrivacyNama 2021, October 6-7; register and join us for a discussion on global privacy and data governance issues

Announcing our final agenda and speakers line-up for MediaNama's PrivacyNama 2021 conference, October 6 & 7; registrations will close shortly!

Pandemic restrictions and a Chinese tech crackdown have weighed on markets

Summary: Jairam Ramesh Committee Report on DNA Technology Regulation Bill, 2019 February 11, 2021 The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, headed by Congress’ Jairam Ramesh, has flagged that the DNA Technology Bill 2019 could be misused “to target certain sections of society”. The Committee, which submitted its report to Parliament on February 1, also suggested changes to the composition of the DNA Regulatory Board, and flagged concerns with having databases of DNA profiles of suspects and undertrials, apart from several making several other recommendations. The D...

Privacy and Manipulation: How Social Media Has Affected Political Discourse As our interactions with social media and messaging apps become more and more pervasive, does our data remain private or can it be used by algorithms to tailor and manipulate our online experience? The social media messaging application WhatsApp recently updated its privacy policy. WhatsApp has tried to assure users that it cannot read or listen to personal conversations and has even delayed the implementation of the new policy. Yet, concerns have been raised about the potential for it sharing user data with parent c...