Ministry Of Electronics and Information Technology

Latest Aadhaar amendment gives conditional access of personal data to private cos

This data will now be charged at INR 20 per transaction, UIDAI said

Govt entities and the Department of Posts have been exempted from the charges

MeitY has cracked down on videos related to Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman

The government had asked Youtube to take down 11 videos

The spread of fake news and misinformation are on the rise after the Pulwama strike

The committee met MeitY on Feb 21 to discuss issues faced by women on social media

The committee has sought an update on what the ministry has been doing for women safety in social media

The committee consists of 30 members of the parliament

The decision was taken by the state IT minister M Manigandan in the state assembly

Lawmaker Thamimun Ansar noted that the platform was being used to trigger debates against law and order

TikTok allows its users to create small lip-sync videos and share it across the platform

Govt is considering amendment to allow voluntary use of Aadhaar for eKYC

Industry watchers say that problem will continue if laws only focus on banks

Fintech players have been looking for alternative means for eKYC

This move comes in after a number of data breach incidents were reported by Google and Facebook

At present, penalties for failing to report a data breach are reportedly very low

Reports say that companies willfully delay responses to investigations of potential breaches

Facebook received 16,580 data requests during January-June period

Facebook said that it had provided the data to the Indian government in 53% of the cases

The demand this year has been higher than the last two years

Indians did 244.81 Cr digital transaction in August, 2018, up 207% since demonetisation

The total value of transactions stood at $2.82 Tn as of August 2018

The UPI platform recorded 482 Mn digital transactions in October 2018

On September 25, the attackers exploited a vulnerability in Facebook’s code that impacted “View As” feature

Facebook has fixed the vulnerability and informed law enforcement

The Ministry of Electronics and IT has asked Facebook to quantify the impact on its users in India

COAI said blocking an entire app would be disproportionate and “harm the constitutional rights of users” at large

The telecom lobby said that any blocking must be targeted at the content or at the account level

It was also suggested that the government should block a user or malicious content instead of blocking an app or site

The Special Group Will Comprise Of Officials From The Industry Department And Enforcement Directorate

WhatsApp Is Currently Stuck In A Limbo For Its Payment Services