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"Global Privacy Control (GPC) is a proposed specification designed to allow Internet users to notify businesses of their privacy preferences, such as whether or not they want their personal information to be sold or shared. It consists of a setting or extension in the user’s browser or mobile device and acts as a mechanism that websites can use to indicate they support the specification." -- Source : https://globalprivacycontrol.org/ GPC is inbuilt with Brave and DuckDuckGo browser, and from version 95.0 on-wards, Mozilla Firefox also began to support it. However, it is not enabled by default as of now. To enable GCP, follow the following steps. Access about:config from your firefox browser, Search for globalprivacycontrol , and enable the two options to true. To verify, go to https://globalprivacycontrol.org/ and if configured correctly, it will show the status.         

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Last few days, the Cambridge Analytica scandal has been shaking different governments around the world. Also in the news that, CA/FB or its partners was allegedly involved in different elections in India actively. Let’s see how practical it is to punish CA/FB/or any other organization that violates the data privacy. Currently, data protection in India is governed by provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2008.So if the Cambridge Analytica scandal has been taken up to the court, the only way it can be dealt with is by using India's Information Technology Act. Here is what the India’s Union Minister’s response on the Cambridge Analytica Scandal. “Mr Mark Zuckerberg, you better note the observation of the IT Minister of India. We welcome the FB profile in India, but if any data theft of Indians is done through the collusion of Facebook's system, it shall not be tolerated. We have got stringent powers in the IT Act, and we shall use it, including to summon you in Indi...