New companies need person in leadership who understands data: Sanjeev Bikhchandani
January 27, 2021
New companies that are starting out very often do not have a person at leadership who understands data and its usage or has any past experience with data, according to Sanjeev Bikhchandani, chairman of Info Edge India. Young companies do not use data the way they can or should, either because they’re not aware of the benefits or they don’t know how to.
Explaining how Info Edge used data in the early days, he said that new startups don’t recognize the importance of data (understand it and its analytics) and often new businesses do not have enough of their own data to build an algorithm. However, “startups will be well-advised to understand and appreciate the importance of data to build smarter products”, he said, speaking at a conversation at the India Digital Summit held earlier this month.
NEWJ bags 2 Golds at 11th IAMAI s India Digital Awards ANI | Updated: Jan 22, 2021 15:23 IST
New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): NEWJ (New Emerging World of Journalism Limited) registered two wins at Internet and Mobile Association of India s 11th India Digital Awards for Digital Content.
The campaign NEWJ Munchies was honoured with Gold for the category of In-house Content Campaign while NEWJ s Daily Publishing initiatives were awarded Gold for the Most Consistent Excellence in Digital Publishing category.
India Digital Awards celebrates organisations teams and practitioners who have surpassed landmarks and delivered successful business outcomes using digital as a medium, according to IAMAI.
This year, the Awards were held virtually as a part of the India Digital Summit on 19-20 January 2021.
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Govt asks WhatsApp not to impose terms on Indian users
21 January 2021
Union ministry for electronics and information technology has written to WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart, asking the messaging platform to withdraw its proposed update to its privacy policy and terms of service. The new policy, which was supposed to be enforced from 8 February, has been pushed by three months amid backlash.
“The changes to the WhatsApp Privacy Policy and Terms of Service outline the vast amounts and categories of data that is collected by WhatsApp and how it will be shared with other Facebook companies. These changes enable WhatsApp, and other Facebook companies, to make invasive and precise inferences about users which may not be reasonably foreseen or expected by users in the ordinary course of accessing these services,” the letter states.
January 21, 2021
Digital sovereignty also involves the autonomy of Indians as far as ownership of that data is concerned, Ravi Shankar Prasad Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology said on Wednesday. “Therefore that data must be procured through free consent voluntarily acquired. That data must be used for the objective for which it has been collected, and the data fiduciary who procures that data must ensure proper safety and sanctity of that data,” he said. Prasad was speaking at the India Digital Summit, organised by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).
Prasad also acknowledged the need for free movement of data across borders, but cautioned that such movement of data should be governed by strict rules:
Govt writes to WhatsApp expressing concerns over policy changes
In a strongly-worded letter to WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart, the Union Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology has expressed grave concerns on WhatsApp s recent policy changes and sought responses on protecting citizens privacy, sources told YourStory.
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Even as WhatsApp delays the rollout of its new policy update to May 15, its worries are far from over.
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In the letter, the government asked WhatsApp to withdraw the proposed changes and reconsider its approach on how it treats privacy, data security, and freedom of choice for Indian citizens.