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About the AuthorRohan Seth
The writer is a policy analyst at the technology and policy programme of The Takshashila Institution. The views expressed here are personal.
    If you download the Aarogya Setu app, your phone will take note of your location every 15 minutes and only share the information with the Government server if you test positive.Technology
    Should you download Aarogya Setu?

    Yes. Its updated privacy policy is a marked improvement on the previous one. But the app needs an end date so it does...

    17 April 2020 12:50 PM IST

    Not only are we being subject to invasive apps, lists of infected people with their names and addresses have been made publicly available without their consent.Technology
    Overcorrection at the cost of privacy during coronavirus is...

    Use of facial recognition and other personal data has the potential to set a new normal by resetting our expectations on...

    9 April 2020 7:32 PM IST

    India must create a law on data protection, like the European Union has done with the General Data Protection Regulation 2016. (Photo | Pixabay)Technology
    Zoom fiasco highlights need for data protection law

    None of the protections afforded by a privacy law are in place yet, which leaves our data open to exploitation by tech...

    3 April 2020 4:10 PM IST

    What does refusal to sign the Osaka Track mean for India?Opinion
    What does refusal to sign the Osaka Track mean for India?

    If India is to treat data as wealth and not share it across borders, it may be time to consider what that might mean.

    16 Oct 2019 7:46 AM IST

    Wider debate needed on major changes in data protection lawOpinion
    Wider debate needed on major changes in data protection law

    The Data Protection Bill is going to be profoundly important in India’s tech policy landscape, going forward.

    30 Aug 2019 7:40 AM IST

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