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You handed your Aadhaar, PAN, and address proof to a bank. Now what can they do with it? A flat-toned walkthrough of what's allowed, what's not, and the gray zones nobody clarifies.

A friend got spam-bombed after one IRCTC booking. Here's what happened, what these portals actually collect, and the casual fixes that keep your data from leaking everywhere.

Ever wonder how much your Android phone tells Google about you before you've even opened an app? Probably more than you'd be comfortable with. Here's how to set up your phone so it stops oversharing.

Your fingerprints can't be reset like a password. India holds biometric data on 1.4 billion people through Aadhaar alone, and the legal protections around that data remain thinner than most citizens realize.

India slaps a flat 30% tax on crypto gains with zero deductions, while exchanges hand over your KYC data on request. Here's a Q&A breakdown of what crypto privacy actually looks like in this country, where the tax math stands, and what you can (and can't) do about it.

A single tap on a fake payment link cost a Chennai shopkeeper his entire month's earnings. UPI phishing scams are bleeding Indian wallets dry through bogus SMS blasts, spoofed Google Ads, and WhatsApp traps. Here's how to spot them before your money vanishes.

Only 38% of Indian internet users could identify a phishing email in a recent nationwide survey. On Safer Internet Day 2026, that number should trouble us all -- and it should also tell us exactly where to start.

A Pune man lost Rs 16 lakh in 47 minutes. His phone just stopped working. That's how SIM swap fraud begins -- silent, fast, and devastating. Here's what happened, and what you should know before it happens to you.

Your DigiLocker holds driving licences, Aadhaar, marksheets, and insurance papers all in one place. If someone breaks in, they don't just steal files -- they steal your identity. Here's how to lock it down before that happens.

Most online banking security advice is useless. Here's what actually happens when Indian bank customers get defrauded, what the attacks really look like, and the specific steps that would have prevented each one. Including the RBI rule that could save you lakhs if you act within 3 days.

India's cyber incident response agency wields enormous power over how companies report breaches, store logs, and cooperate with investigations — yet most citizens have never heard of it. Here's what CERT-In actually does, where it falls short, and why its 2022 directives changed the rules for everyone.

You ported out of Airtel two years ago, but they've still got your Aadhaar scan, your call logs, and a record of every cell tower you pinged. Here's what actually happened when I tried to get Indian telecoms to delete my data.

Everyone tells you to check if your data's been leaked. I ignored that advice for three years -- until a loan showed up on my CIBIL report that I never applied for, traced back to a telecom breach I could've caught in five minutes.

I got tired of recycled Aadhaar safety tips that skip the parts that actually matter, so I wrote down everything I've learned from years of cleaning up identity theft messes in India.

So I was chatting with a friend about why his Aadhaar got misused, and it hit me -- most of us in India still don't get why our data matters until something goes wrong.