Breach of privacy: Data of 250,000 NEET students being sold online
The European countries are talking about General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), but in our country we our loosing students data to private stakeholders.
It raises serious concerns about privacy and data protection rights of students whose data is being sold along with their phone numbers, the person behind the website claims that he runs a legitimate business and owns this data.
Data privacy under threat, yet again
●Data of 2.5 lakh students on sale online for marketers
●Database includes phone numbers, roll numbers and rank of students
●Company offers promotional SMS service even for those registered with DND
●Data collected unethically through social media and schools
●Experts call for stronger application of privacy laws
Full Info | https://www.business-standard.com/article/education/data-of-250-000-neet-students-being-sold-online-118071800828_1.html
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Mr. Pralhad Jadhav
Senior Manager @ Knowledge Repository
Khaitan & Co
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