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    Modifying the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill to Deal with Rising Privacy Concerns

    • 02.03.2021
    • Lexology

    The recent advent of WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy has brought to light the legal loopholes that the Indian Data Protection Laws are laced with. A revised and updated change in Data Protection Laws in India could have prevented the possible infringements that may take place with WhatsApp’s new privacy policy.

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    Explained: What the new regulations mean for online news publishers

    • 01.03.2021
    • Business Standard

    Some say Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, 2021, leaves too many things in the hands of the central government.

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    Bitcoin’s long-term value doubted due to ESG, tighter regulation

    • 01.03.2021
    • Livemint

    The sheer amount of energy needed to mine Bitcoin and the prospect that governments will create more obstacles for the largest cryptocurrency point to the token losing ‘most of its value over time,’ BCA Research said.

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    Guideline on blocking social media content not new, existed since 2009: I&B Ministry

    • 01.03.2021
    • Best Media Info

    In the wake of ‘certain misgivings’, the Ministry issued a clarification stating that this guideline has been around for 11 years. Only that the authority to exercise this power has shifted from the Ministry of Electronics and IT to the I&B Ministry.

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    TV+OTT in a single device has a huge headroom to grow: Anurag Kumar of Tata Sky

    • 01.03.2021
    • Best Media Info

    In an interaction with BestMediaInfo.com, Anurag Kumar, Chief Communications Officer, Tata Sky talks about how they have managed to sail through tough environments like NTO and discusses the brand’s new purpose and campaign.

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    India’s tryst with deep tech & the art of spawning disruptors

    • 28.02.2021
    • Financial Express

    If companies from India are to transition from a volume play to a value play and look beyond low cost, greater efficiency cycle and seek an orbital shift in capital and wealth creation then investing in ownership of intellectual property is the path to pursue and deep tech, the vehicle to ride on.

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    AI and Privacy Are on a Collision Course

    • 28.02.2021
    • JD Supra

    Many European countries, including the United Kingdom, have signed a Declaration of Cooperation on Artificial Intelligence, with a legislative proposal expected to follow in the first quarter of 2021.

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    Facebook, Google face ‘strong pipeline’ of privacy rulings in Europe

    • 28.02.2021
    • Livemint

    Key privacy regulator for European Union expects to boost number of big decisions this year involving tech companies.

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    WhatsApp’s new ‘privacy’ policy is a gift to other messaging apps

    • 28.02.2021
    • Computer World

    WhatsApp does not treat all interaction data the same. For now, user-to-user/customer-to-customer/consumer-to-consumer messaging is encrypted and considered private. But when a user communicates with a business, Facebook can do anything it wants. Users must assume that a message to a business is potentially open to all.

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    ViacomCBS unveils streaming strategy

    • 28.02.2021
    • Broadband TV News

    Following its debut on March 4, Paramount+ will launch in the Nordics on March 25and Australia with a rebrand and expansion of 10 All Access later this year, with additional markets to follow.

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