While the new "privacy preserving features" introduced by Apple and Google are a welcome move, the privacy implications for users are not really what they seem to be at first glance.

Privacy is a non-negotiable right at any given time. Yet, governments may use crises to justify a significantly lower degree of individual privacy to be maintained.

There has been an uptick in the use of technology in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments have had to be swift and agile with response strategies. A variety of technology applications have been helpful in this regard. Yet, data governance and ...

In this short comic series, we will highlight some data governance dilemmas in the times of the pandemic and share with you, our reading list on the subject. This week we discuss purpose limitation and trust in government. 

In this article, Venkatesh Hariharan makes the case for striking the right balance between privacy rights and data surveillance during COVID-19 times.

In this article for The Hill, Vasant Dhar discusses the threat of AI to democracy and how the U.S. regulators should look at Europe and India’s models of data protection....

IDFC Institute hosted Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who officially released Visiting Senior Fellow, Shankkar Aiyar's book, Aadhaar: A Biometric History of India's 12 Digit Revolution

The scope for harnessing big data to drive policy.

The key elements of a data privacy law for the country.

There is too much fear-mongering about Aadhaar and the danger to individual privacy. This is far from the truth.