India, June 3 -- With the Indian Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 set to come into existence in the country soon, the debate over data privacy and information security is hotting up yet again. While DataQuest, in a previous article, had highlighted the various aspects of data privacy, in Series II the importance of information security will be discussed.

When we accept the app usage policies, not many of us take out the time to scroll through the new changes and adjust our data settings. We sign up to get the service, but we don't give much thought to who might be storing our likes/dislikes or what they're doing with our personal information. At first, one feels elated to know that when our devices seem to "know" where we live or how o...