Tag: Data

GoDaddy confirms data breach, recounts how hackers stole its data

Recently, the company said it was working with multiple law enforcement agencies around the world, with forensics experts, to investigate the matter.

February 20, 2023

Homegrown social media app Slick exposed users’ data, including kids

Homegrown social media app Slick has reportedly exposed personal data of children, among other users of the platform, on the web.

February 11, 2023

Moosewala killing: Dump data of 1-km area of crime spot to be probed

In less than 24 hours after his security was curtailed by the government, Moosewala, 29, was shot dead by gangsters close to his ancestral village in Mansa in broad daylight on Sunday.

May 30, 2022

RailTel to set up EDCs to provide faster digital delivery in rural areas

Edge data centres are small data centres located at the edge of the network passing through small and big towns, cities villages, along the railway track. These edge data centres are proposed to come up ‘closer to end-users and devices’ and are expected to effectively address the delays in communication over a network, from the time of capturing of a packet of data, transmission, processing through multiple devices and its reception at destination and decoding.

January 13, 2022

Indoor air much safer than outside in Nov-Dec in Delhi-NCR: Study

A primary cause, the study has shown, is how meteorological factors play a key role in air pollution levels, especially in Delhi-NCR region.

December 21, 2021

Jio brings new prepaid plans with Disney+ Hotstar subscription

Jio earlier bundling Disney+ Hotstar VIP subscription (access to live sports, Hotstar specials, movies and TV shows and dubbed content in 3 Indian languages

August 31, 2021

India’s data centre industry capacity to double by 2023 to 1,008 MW

Investors and global data centre players have increased their commitment during the last six months in the India market

August 24, 2021

SC audit team finds Delhi exaggerated oxygen need

"The excess supply of oxygen affected other states in need of oxygen"

June 25, 2021

Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan asks to ban NaMo app for violating privacy rules

India on Monday banned 59 apps with Chinese links, including hugely popular TikTok and UC Browser, saying they were prejudicial to sovereignty, integrity and security of the country.

July 1, 2020

On plea asking ‘correct data’ on COVID-19 tests in Delhi, High Court seeks govt’s stand

A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad issued notice to the Delhi government and sought their stand within two days on the application.

June 10, 2020

‘Census 2021 data to be collected through mobile app,’ says Amit Shah

The last census was carried out in 2011 with a population count of 121 crore.

September 23, 2019

Snowden’s memoir to be published on United States’ Constitution Day

Seven years ago, the intelligence contractor for the National Security Agency, Edward Snowden decided to leak top-secret documents which set off a massive debate on violation of citizens' privacy

August 2, 2019

Data important for every economy: PC Mohanan

In an e-mail interview to DEEPAK RAZDAN, Mohanan, 63, was reluctant to discuss the PLFS report, not yet officially released, but answered questions on how important reliable data is for government policy makers and private investors.

February 16, 2019

Microsoft doesn’t use customers’ data for profit: Satya Nadella

"Customers must be in control of their data. It is our collective responsibility to keep the data safe," the Microsoft CEO had emphasised in May.

November 6, 2018

What is Data Protection Bill? This is what Srikrishna Committee report says

The 176-page report has a lot to offer to the much-discussed, and equally debated, arena of data usage and its protection

July 30, 2018

Facebook faces $660,000 fine in UK for data leak

UK's data protection watchdog plans to slap a fine of 500,000 pounds ($662,501) on Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica data leak scandal.

July 11, 2018

No fly-by-night operator will be allowed to play with data: Prasad

The government will not allow "fly-by-night" data mining firms to improperly harvest social media data of Indian citizens, Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said.

May 27, 2018