Facebook rolls out tool to block off-Facebook data gathering Associated Press Aug 22, 2019 Facebook is launching a long-promised tool that lets you limit what the social network can gather about you on outside websites…
Facebook claims transcription of audio clips sent to contractors impacted users minimally Bloomberg Aug 19, 2019 The social network said that the only people who were affected were those who agreed to have their audio messages transcribed
Supreme Court asks RBI to confirm WhatsApp’s compliance with local data rules Reuters Aug 5, 2019 Supreme Court of India has given the Reserve Bank of India six weeks to report on whether WhatsApp had complied with data…
Facebook agrees to pay US$ 5 billion penalty for privacy violations PTI Jul 25, 2019 In addition to paying the record US$ 5 billion in penalty, Facebook has also agreed to submit itself to new restrictions and a…
Piyush Goyal holds meeting with stakeholders on data localisation, e-commerce PTI Jun 18, 2019 Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is holding meetings with Indian and foreign IT, e-commerce firms and other…
‘Strong’ policies in place to reiterate company’s commitment: Google’s privacy chief PTI Jun 3, 2019 Tech giant Google has said it continues to focus on bringing in new features to empower users “to remain in control of their…
Only 38% Indians concerned about data misuse: Survey IANS May 20, 2019 Only 38 per cent internet users in India are concerned about data misuse compared with 63 per cent in Spain, according to a survey…
Google ramps up data privacy efforts with new centre in Germany Associated Press May 15, 2019 Google opened a privacy focused engineering centre in Munich, Germany, on Tuesday, its latest move to beef up its data protection…
2 in 3 hotel websites leak guest booking details: Symantec IANS Apr 12, 2019 Two in three hotel websites leak guest booking details and allow access to their personal data to third-party sites such as…
Indian consumers wary of data misuse via devices: KPMG IANS Apr 4, 2019 Nearly 86 per cent of the consumers in India are concerned about eavesdropping of their conversations or theft or misuse of their…