Just 9% of Indian organisations obtain clear data consent from users: Report

IANS | October 4, 2023 4:43 PM

New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) As the government works with industry stakeholders to formulate detailed rules under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, a new report showed on Wednesday that only 9 per cent of organisations in India obtain clear consent from data principals (individual users), showing striking gaps in compliance with new Act.

Around 1,500 recruited illegally between 2014-2018 in different Bengal municipalities: ED

IANS | October 2, 2023 3:30 PM

Kolkata, Oct 2 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers, during their course of investigation in the multi-crore municipalities' recruitment case in West Bengal, has drawn out a rough estimate that around 1,500 individuals were recruited illegally between 2014 and 2018 against some financial considerations in different urban civic bodies in the state, an official said.