Judicial inquiry must look into whether companies allied with Cambridge Analytica accessed personal data of Indian Facebook users and influenced elections. ‘Big data is the new oil’
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Punjab and Haryana HC issues notice to UIDAI over forged Aadhaar cards, asks Punjab police to probe | The Indian Express–25.03.2018
Alarmed over the use of Aadhaar cards containing wrong particulars, Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI),
In praise of Govind Talwalkar — a great editor every city, state in India needs today | Mr. Ramchandra Guha–columns | Hindustan Times–25.03.2018
I never met Govind Talwalkar, but in the last decade-and-a-half of his long (and very distinguished) life I corresponded with him. This began with his
Why India is a growing economy but an unhappy nation | opinion | top | Hindustan Times
As the world celebrated Happiness Day on March 20, we were informed by the United Nations that India is one of the least happy nations
#DeleteFacebook? Privacy is hard to protect online – The Hindu–25.03.2018
Google keeps a tab on 64% of all web browsing, Facebook tracks 30% of web traffic; everyone who has data will lose it, says CEO
No right answer yet to ‘privacy vs security’ parley – The Hindu—–*****
Expect one in 3-5 years, says Huawei’s cybersecurity chief, who is also impressed with the massive scale of Aadhaar Governments across the world are looking
Panagariya makes strong case for privatisation of PSBs – The Hindu–25.03.2018
Former NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya has made a strong case for the privatisation of public sector banks with the exception of State Bank of India (SBI),
Privacy: Be careful of permissions given to third-party apps on smartphones, warn experts – The Economic Times–25.03.2018—–*****
Facebook has not been able to catch a break lately. Rebuked for the misinformation spread on its platform by Russian agencies during the 2016 US presidential
Across the aisle: Change begins with words and ideas – The Financial Express–25.03.2018
Measuring growth is a problem. It is a bigger problem if you change the rules in the middle of the game. GDP is the gross
What the Facebook disaster tells us – Business Line
Secure it! Else, pay Setting up appropriate security measures is inconvenient, but protecting a company’s reputation makes it all worthwhile It is a tragedy that
समाज(कंटक)माध्यमे |लोकसत्ता –२५.०३.२०१८
फेसबुक माहितीचोरीच्या प्रकरणाआड दडलेले चित्र भयावह का आहे, हे समजून घेतले पाहिजे.. एक छान म्हण आहे इंग्रजीत- ‘मोफत भोजन असे काहीही नसते’. त्याची किंमत चुकवावीच
Aadhaar database safe, no truth in reports of breach, UIDAI clarifies | The Indian Express–25.03.2018
UIDAI assured that the Aadhaar details remain safe and secure and the story sourced from ZDNet relating to Aadhaar database is “totally baseless, false and
Facebook’s widening crisis over user data: Everything you need to know about
This file photo shows a Facebook logo being displayed in a start-up companies gathering at Paris’ Station F, in Paris. Facebook is taking baby steps
Cabbages & Kings: Can Facebook really twist your vote?
Mark Zuckerberg “When your back’s against the wall You can’t read the writing on it. If pride comes before a fall You can’t cheat life
बँक खासगीकरण घातकच!–लोकसत्ता -श्री देविदास तुळजापुरकर -२४.०३.२०१८
पंजाब नॅशनल बँकेतील नीरव मोदी घोटाळ्याचे निमित्त साधून सुरुवातीला असोचेम, फिकी आणि नंतर उद्योगांचे प्रतिनिधित्व करणाऱ्या इतर संघटना व काही बडे उद्योगपती यांनी बँकांतील हे
माहितीचे अर्थकारण – अग्रलेख– महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स–२४.०३.२०१८
फेसबुकच्या असंख्य वापरकर्त्यांच्या व्यक्तिगत माहितीचा त्यांच्या परवानगीविना परस्पर निवडणुकीत गैरवापर केला गेल्याबद्दल फेसबुकचे सीईओ मार्क झुकेरबर्ग यांनी चूक कबुल करून या प्रकरणावर पडदा पाडण्याचा प्रयत्न
Why financial creditor status for homebuyers won’t help – The Financial Express–24.03.2018
In the case of the Kotak-Cube bid for Jaypee Infratech, for instance, the team was willing to complete construction of the project across some 52
Thumbs down – Business Line
The massive data breach at Facebook not only opens a can of worms on the misuse of social media platforms for influencing a nation’s political
Is Facebook too powerful without legal safeguards? | tech | Hindustan Times
It’s time India moves to put in place legal safeguards to contain the potential harm that Internet giants like Facebook Inc. can cause, experts say,
PNB fraud: Nirav Modi Fraud: PNB to beef up its system, processes for lending – The Economic Times–23.03.2018
Hit hard by the Rs 13,000 crore scam, PNB has decided to tighten loan disbursement and set up a monitoring mechanism to check loan slippages