The research includes data from a survey of 6,000 Indian respondents and highlights public uncertainty and distrust around how organisations handle their data.
It observed that Covid-19 had accelerated the path towards profitability as demand pull has helped companies reduce discounts.
The battle started when Apple announced it will soon require users to opt in to personal data tracking. Facebook, which makes money from that tracking, took out full-page ads in major newspapers condemning the move. Apple CEO Tim Cook fired back in a recent speech, rebuking companies that gather as much data as possible and warning of dangerous consequences.
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force in 2018, was mirrored in British law following Brexit. The EU has provisionally recognised British law as adequate.
The telecom regulator has floated a discussion paper on ways to make satellite communications more affordable for ordinary consumers in India.
The aggregated revenue of the top 10 companies has gone up from about ₹21 crore to just under ₹400 crore between the 2018 to 2020 period, Deloitte said.
Tim Berners-Lee said a combination of government policy and tech could work together and help people regain control over their data and online lives.
India needs to emulate small countries like Taiwan & Israel that have built focused and niche high-tech sectors, not obsess over China and its ambitious plans.
Facebook is bringing in-stream ads to 1-minute Live videos, sticker ads to Stories and more.
In about a decade, India has built digital infrastructure to improve services for hundreds of millions by way of biometric IDs and mobile phones.