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New Delhi: More than two years after it launched a preliminary enquiry (PE) to probe alleged illegal personal data harvesting of Indians from the social networking platform, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against Cambridge Analytica and Global Research Limited, UK for alleged illegal harvesting of data of Facebook users in India. The agency had launched a PE against Cambridge Analytica and social media giant Facebook in September 2018.In 2019, the duo had failed to supply complete information sought by the CBI.CBI had received responses to its queries from both the companies but it had sought more details from them on some specific questions.The agency, last September, had sought details of data collection exercise adopted by them. After reference from the Centre, CBI had initiated a preliminary enquiry against Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research last year over the alleged user data theft. It is alleged that Cambridge Analytica received data … [Read more...] about CBI files case against Cambridge Analytica for illegal harvesting of Facebook users data in India

BENGALURU: From integrating sources of credit supply — banks to venture capitalists (VCs) — to providing a marketplace to buy raw material and sell finished goods and a host of other provisions, Karnataka is planning a digital platform for industries, that will boost the ease of doing business.According to the industries department, the proposed technology portal will have eight modules targeted at addressing issues faced in specific areas. It is proposed to be equipped with modular mechanisms and structures around information, facilitation, regulatory, and ease-ofdoing-business areas, which can help industries, especially MSMEs, efficiently bring their products to the market.“Industries, particularly small and medium ones, have had six to seven major issues that have remained unaddressed for long. With this initiative, we look to resolve them. We have completed the conceptualisation and will be floating an RFP (request for proposal) in about a month. Once that is … [Read more...] about Ease of doing business in Karnataka: VCs, raw material to be a click away

President Joe Biden's administration announced plans Wednesday for a temporary moratorium on oil and gas leasing in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge after the Trump administration issued leases in a part of the refuge considered sacred by the Indigenous Gwich'in.The plans, along with other executive actions, came on Biden's first day in office.Issuing leases had been a priority of the Trump administration following a 2017 law calling for lease sales, said Lesli Ellis-Wouters, a spokesperson for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Alaska.The agency held the first lease sale for the refuge's coastal plain on Jan. 6. Eight days later, Ellis-Wouters said, it signed leases for nine tracts totaling nearly 685 square miles (1,770 square kilometers). The issuance of leases was not announced publicly until Tuesday, President Donald Trump's last full day in office.Ellis-Wouters said by email Wednesday that she has not ``received anything on executive orders that pertain to the ANWR … [Read more...] about Biden plans temporary halt of oil activity in Arctic refuge