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India should have law on data privacy: Parliamentary panel

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New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) As India moves towards growing digitisation of the economy against the backdrop of rising cyber crime, a parliamentary committee has suggested that the government should expeditiously bring in a legislation on data privacy.

The recommendation was made by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, headed by Congress leader M. Veerappa Moily, in its report titled “Transformation Towards A Digital Economy”, which was tabled in both the Houses on Wednesday.

“The country now urgently needs a data minimisation, data privacy and data residency law to ensure security of public and private data,” the report said.

“The Committee would, therefore, urge upon the government to bring such a data protection legislation before Parliament at the earliest.”

The report said that India should have a sound consumer privacy and data protection law “lest we become a digital colony with global entities having virtual control over data”.

The committee said it found “rather disconcerting” that even as the country moves towards a digital economy, transactional hassles and grievances of users, including ATM card frauds like cloning, have been greatly on the rise.

“Ordinary customers are then left high and dry, extremely helpless and clueless about the next course of action for a remedy and redressal of grievance,” it said.

It suggested that customers should be provided with an “empowered and responsive” common helpline (SOS) number, for recourse whenever required.

The committee also said that as cyber space expands and intensifies with implications for national security, monitoring and surveillance, protecting the national information infrastructure needs to be included in the national agenda on a priority basis.

“The Committee, therefore, recommended due consultations with domain experts and industry and creation of a duly empowered coordinating authority, with status at par with the Space and Atomic Energy Departments with adequate budget, reporting directly to the PMO (Prime Minister’s Office),” the report said.

Moreover, the report also expressed concern over lack of trained professionals to deal with the rising cyber challenges.

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Apple is giving a huge discount on its gadgets: Details inside

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If you want to buy an iPhone and were waiting for a nice offer, then we have a piece of good news for you! Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 has begun and they are offering major discounts on various smartphones, laptops, and smart TVs, among others.

The sale is live now on the e-commerce platform with no-cost EMI options and exchange discounts on various products. In addition to this, Amazon has also partnered with several banks including ICICI, Kotak Bank, and RBL so that customers get instant discounts of up to 10% using their cards and EMI transactions.

Customers can easily enjoy this summer sale and get massive discounts on iPhones. They can also compare prices on Flipkart Big Saving Days Sale 2022 before making a purchase.

 

Amazon Summer Sale May 2022: Discount offer on iPhone 13 

Apple’s coveted phone model iPhone 13 in the 128 GB storage model will be available during the Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 for Rs 64,900. The MRP of the phone is Rs 79,900. This means that the customers will be able to enjoy a discount of up to Rs 15,000 on the purchase of the iPhone 13.

If you have an old iPhone in working condition then you will also be eligible to receive another additional discount worth up to Rs 17,000 on the iPhone 13.

Buy at Rs. 64,900 (MRP – Rs. 79,900)

Features of Apple iPhone 13 

The iPhone is powered by an A15 Bionic processor with 6 core CPU. Apart from this, it has 16 core neural engines. With the iPhone 13, up to 512 GB of storage will be available. The iPhone 13 has a 6.1-inch Retina XDR display with 1000 nits brightness.

The iPhone 13 has a 12-megapixel dual rear camera setup. This time a new wide-angle camera has been given, whose aperture is f/1.6. With this, there is support for sensor optical stabilisation. Night mode has been made better than before. The second lens is also 12 megapixels ultra-wide and has an aperture of f/2.4.

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