Identity theft, credit card fraud, phishing, hacking, and web jacking have serious repercussions for both the company and the user

The much-awaited data protection bill, which has been slammed for giving unbridled powers to the government and its agencies, is expected to be taken up during the ongoing winter session

The report by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), comes a day after the Personal Data Protection bill, 2019 was tabled in the winter session of the Parliament by the Joint Parliamentary Committee.

As it goes mainstream, artificial intelligence faces increased scrutiny. Data privacy, transparency in building machine-learning models and ensuring algorithms do not reflect or propagate bias can be a starting point towards building trust