News RBI Will Issue Whitelist of Lending Apps Allowed On Google Play and Apple App Store: Finance Ministry RBI will prepare a whitelist of legal lending apps and MeitY will ensure that only these apps are hosted on Google Play and Apple... Sarvesh MathiSeptember 9, 2022
News India’s IT Rules: Intermediary level committees for grievance redressal being explored Reports say that an intermediary committee above the government-backed GAC is being explored to look into 'grievances' under IT Rules 2021 Akshit ChawlaSeptember 9, 2022
News Twitter vs. Government on Section 69A Orders: Next hearing on September 26th, says Karnataka HC The Karnataka High Court will next hear Twitter’s challenge to 39 blocking orders issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under Section... Aarathi GanesanSeptember 8, 2022
News MeitY Releases Draft Guidelines on Data Anonymisation for E-Governance for Public Consultation The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) commission these guidelines on data anonymization, open for public comments until September 21st 2022 Aarathi GanesanSeptember 1, 2022
News MeitY Secretary Alkesh Kumar Sharma Takes On Temporary Additional Charge of DoT Secretary Alkesh Sharma was also appointed to a United Nations panel of 'eminent experts' on Internet governance in August 2022 Aarathi GanesanSeptember 1, 2022
News What MeitY Has Said On Upcoming IT Laws Since Withdrawing the Data Protection Bill After the The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018 was withdrawn recently, here is what a new data and privacy protection Bill may look like Aarathi GanesanAugust 29, 2022
News Predatory loan apps: Chartered Accountants under scrutiny, IT Ministry in consultation with Google Play Store The probe by ICAI for allegedly enabling these predatory loan apps comes along with MeitY working with Google Play store to curb them Sarvesh MathiAugust 23, 2022
News Institutional Processes ‘Jettisoned’ with Data Protection Bill’s Withdrawal: DMK MP D. Ravikumar writes to Ashwini Vaishnaw All it took was a swift oral vote to withdraw the DPB from Parliament—with this, the privacy rights of Indians remain in regulatory limbo Aarathi GanesanAugust 20, 2022
News MeitY’s Digital India Act due in Winter Session, says report: OTT, metaverse in ambit Government pushes Digital India Act as a timely replacement of the IT Act while also seeking greater control over content moderation Vallari SanzgiriAugust 17, 2022
News TLDR: Social media and small businesses, Snapchat privacy, Meta’s user tracking, UN IGF, WhatsApp’s Windows beta, more We bring you a roundup of the latest news and developments in tech policy from India and around the world Arjun BanerjeeAugust 17, 2022