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Pradeep Kumar

31/03/21 12:00 PM IST

Data leak

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Gurgaon-based mobile payments and digital wallet company MobiKwik on Tuesday said it would get a third-party forensic data security audit done after allegations of a data breach containing the company’s users’ details resurfaced

Highlights
  • Cybersecurity experts claimed that the data of as many as 10 crore MobiKwik users had been leaked and put up for sale on darkweb.
  • India does not have a robust mechanism for user data protection and penal actions, if any, in cases of data breaches.
  • The Personal Data Protection Bill, which is said to contain provisions dealing with the same has been pending in Lok Sabha since 2019. 
  • In the absence of the Bill, the Information Technology Act of 2000 and the rules made in 2011 form a regime of data protection
IT Act, 2000
  • The Information Technology Act, 2000 was enacted by the Indian Parliament in 2000. It is the primary law in India for matters related to cybercrime and e-commerce.
  • The act was enacted to give legal sanction to electronic commerce and electronic transactions, to enable e-governance, and also to prevent cybercrime.
  • Under this law, for any crime involving a computer or a network located in India, foreign nationals can also be charged.
  • The law prescribes penalties for various cybercrimes and fraud through digital/electronic format.
  • It also gives legal recognition to digital signatures.
  • The IT Act also amended certain provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Banker’s Book Evidence Act, 1891, the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 and the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 to modify these laws to make them compliant with new digital technologies.
Source: PIB

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