Healthcare services covered under the Consumer Protection law: SC

New Delhi, Apr 29, 2022: The Supreme Court Friday said that doctors and healthcare services are not excluded from the ambit of the Consumer Protection Act of 2019 and termed the PIL concerning it as a "motivated PIL".

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MeitY’s Direction to VPN Companies to Share User Data or Face Jail Invites Concern Over Privacy

The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) on April 28 issued directions to Virtual Private Network (VPN) provider companies to collect and share user data including IP addresses with it, for a period of five years.

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SBI Finally Pays Reimbursement of Medical Expenses to Customer Who Suffered Accident inside Branch Premises

In what is perhaps a first, State Bank of India (SBI) has agreed to reimburse the medical expenses of a customer who fell from an unstable ladder at a bank branch in Mumbai leading to severe injuries, surgery and hospitalisation.
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Fraud Alert: Smishing and Rental Fraud Continue To Dupe People

All over the world, SMS phishing attacks, now called 'smishing' are on the rise. While SMSs claiming to originate with a bank are the most tried and tested ploy of fraudsters in India, they are also using such expressions as 'Fedex package delivered' or 'Thank you for paying your bill, here is a free gift for you'—to lure unsuspecting people.

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Customer sends notice to Ola Electric for making telemetry data public

A customer has sent a takedown notice to Ola Electric for publishing the electric two-scooter's telemetry data on social media, after the e-scooter met with an accident in Guwahati, injuring the rider.

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Say 'no' to health star ratings on junk food: Experts

Instead of the 'Health Star Ratings' on junk food, as proposed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), which will "mislead the consumers", the Centre for Science & Environment (CSE) on Wednesday demanded that warnings about unhealthy levels of salt, sugar, and fat be featured instead.

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