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The new law has drawn criticism from opposition lawmakers and rights groups over the scope of exemptions.

The Rajya Sabha passed the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, the Anusandhan National Research Foundation Bill, the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill and the Coastal Aquaculture Authority (Amendment) Bill. The four Bills were discussed and passed after the Opposition walked out demanding a discussion on Manipur violence.

Editorial: A culture of complacency around data security and a government obsessed with partisan games have put electoral regulation at risk

The Bill sets out norms for data processing digitally for firms, creates an adjudicatory mechanism for resolving disputes, and provides for the creation of a Data Protection Board of India.

Simon Byrne will appear before a meeting of the Northern Ireland Policing Board in Belfast on Thursday.

Chris Heaton-Harris said he is being kept ‘abreast of developments’ in relation to the leak, which he described as ‘very serious’.

Cyber security experts have said the security services might be able to trace people who accessed the details posted online in the breach.

Admission that document with names of 200 staff was stolen in July follows revelation of ‘monumental’ data breach on Tuesday

The details of tens of millions of voters could have been accessed by hackers who targeted the Electoral Commission, the body confirmed.

The PSNI apologised on Tuesday following a ‘significant’ data breach involving details of thousands of officers and staff.

Terrorist claims to have accessed data will ‘increase the day-to-day pressure on officers’, expert tells The Independent