Data Protection

Updated on 2022-11-21: Indian privacy regulation The Indian government has published the long-awaited first public draft of its upcoming data privacy law—known as the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill. According to the law’s text, companies that operate in India and handle the personal data of Indian citizens must use clear and plain language to describe …

Updated 2022-09-25: Morgan Stanley settles after customer data auctioned You couldn’t make this up: banking giant Morgan Stanley settled charges with the SEC this week for “astonishing failures” over a five-year span, reports Ars Technica. The SEC says Morgan Stanley failed to properly wipe decommissioned hard drives packed with customer data, which ended up flogged …