How the Data Protection Bill measures up to civil society expectations - 9 new articles
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How the Data Protection Bill measures up to civil society expectations In the lead-up to the release of the BN Srikrishna-led Committee’s Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018, there were two civil society attempts to create a bill on their own. Dvara Research, formerly the IFMR Finance Foundation, created what it called a “skeletal legislative...     YouTube is going to start making originals in its fifth largest market, Reuters reports. As the Google-owned video site’s traffic from India grows exponentially on the back of falling mobile data prices, it will target premium audiences with a subscription model as it does in the US with... Continuing their pursuit to push for local storage of payment system data, Paytm and other domestic e-commerce/payment firms have said that 6 months is ‘practical’ enough for companies to adhere to the Reserve Bank of India’s guidelines, according to a report by the Times of India. While... Jagran Prakashan Limited (JPL), which owns the Hindi daily newspaper Dainik Jagran, has reported a consolidated operating revenues of Rs 602.5 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 (Q1FY19), which is up marginally to 1.8% year-on-year (YoY) from Rs 591.3 crore posted in the same quarter last... By Pukhraj Singh Let’s take a step back from the constant quibbling between the activists and the government. The interests of a citizen, especially in cyberspace, are aligned with that of neither. But let’s first understand the political shape-shifting of the internet in the recent years.... Twitter is partnering with two groups of academic researchers to figure out how to measure the health of conversations happening on the platform. In its Q2 2018 earnings announced last week, Twitter made a record profit of $100 million, but lost a million users in the US. The buzz around... Women-centric pop culture website POPxo has forayed into e-commerce with the launch of a platform selling its private label merchandise like bags, phone covers, laptop sleeves, coffee mugs and cushion covers, among others. The company said that it will expand into fashion and beauty over the... Axis Bank says it processed over 79 million UPI transactions during the quarter ended June 30th, 2018, claiming to have a market share of 10% on the platform. This is a decline from around 81 million UPI transactions reported last quarter. The company did not disclose how many of these 79 million... Food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy has launched its membership program called Swiggy SUPER. The company is rolling out 1-month and 3-month subscription plans, with the current fee ranging from Rs 99 – Rs 149 per month. Swiggy Super: The programme will allow users to get unlimited free... |
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