Data Breach At Co-WIN System; Centre Claims It As Rumour, Baseless
In response to claims of Co-WIN mobile App's data being leaked as well as hacked, the Union Health and Family Welfare has disapproved the report. "We continue to take appropriate steps as are necessary, from time to time, to ensure that the data of the people are safe with Co-WIN," said Chairman of EGVAC Dr R.S. Sharma. He also affirmed such rumours as baseless.
Tags: CO-WIN, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, ministry of electronics and information technology, R.S. Sharma, hacking, Data Leak
Courtesy: NDTV
Govt Issues "Last Notice" To Twitter Over Compliance Of New IT Rules
The Centre on June 5 issued the final notice to micro-blogging site Twitter, asking for its cooperation with the newly-announced IT rules. The government termed the social media giant's approach as ""lack of commitment and efforts towards providing a safe experience for the people of India on its platform." Although the authorities have not given any deadline for the compliance, they warned Twitter of punitive "consequences" in case of non-… read-more
Tags: Twitter, IT act, IT Guidelines, ministry of electronics and information technology
Courtesy: Deccan Herald
Govt Writes To WhatsApp CEO, Asks Withdrawal Of Privacy Update
The Indian government on January 19 asked WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart to scrap the controversial privacy policy update. In a January 19 letter, the IT Ministry emphasised on the vulnerabilities of Indians due to security risk and warned WhatsApp of sharing sensitive data with Facebook. It also denounced WhatsApp's ‘accept-the-terms-or-leave-the-platform’ stance saying it "betrays a lack of respect for the rights and interests” of Indians as… read-more
Tags: WhatsApp, Will Cathcart, ministry of electronics and information technology, Data Privacy
Courtesy: The Indian Express
AliExpress & 42 More Apps Banned; Indian Cyber Crime Proclaims Security Breach
Around 43 mobile applications including 'AliExpress', an e-commerce platform have been banned on November 24 by the Indian government. Under the statement issued by the Ministry of Electronics and IT, and potential threats received by the India cyber crime co-ordination centre, these apps have been found engaged with the sovereignty and integrity of India. Nearly five months ago several such applications were banned, and currently the count … read-more
Tags: Mobile Applications, Banned, China, India, ministry of electronics and information technology
Courtesy: Livemint
Prasar Bharati To Support Government's Education Scheme; Launches 51 Education Channels
Prasar Bharati signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in-order to support the Government's Education scheme, and will launch 51-educational channels. As per the MoU, 22 Swaymprabha channels, 12 e-Vidya channels for classes 1 to 12 under the NCERT syllabus, 16 Vande Gujarat channels and one Digishala channel will be launched. Reportedly, the channels can be accessed pro bono by… read-more
Tags: MoU, Prasar Bharati, ministry of electronics and information technology
Courtesy: Times Now News