Diwakar Dayal reports:Complying with DPDP 2023 Since 2017, India has worked on developing its own laws on the right to privacy. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023, India’s version of Europe’s GDPR, gives Indian citizens the right to protect their own data. In August of this year, both the lower and upper houses of…
Without a Trace: How to Keep Your Phone Off the Grid
Without a Trace: How to Keep Your Phone Off the Grid We answer the questions readers asked in response to our guide to anonymizing your phone By: Monique O. Madan and Wesley Callow About the LevelUp series: At The Markup, we’re committed to doing everything we can to protect our readers from digital harm, write…
West Virginia Legislature looking at data privacy law
Steven Allen Adams reports: Lawmakers are wanting to add West Virginia to the more than a dozen states that protect the privacy of digital information for citizens. Members of the Joint Standing Committee on the Judiciary received a briefing Tuesday morning on legislation set to be introduced during the Legislature’s 2024 regular session in January…
Amazon is selling creepy hidden spy cameras disguised as boring home accessory
Ben Ashton comments: Amazon is selling one of the creepiest items you will come across this Christmas. What looks like a very dull home accessory is, in fact, concealing a hidden spy camera. Recording devices have been built into clothes hooks, which at first glance wouldn’t appear to be anything more than something to hang your jacket…