Twitter admits users data may have been used for advertising PTI Oct 10, 2019 Microblogging platform Twitter has admitted that users data like email addresses and phone numbers that had been provided by them…
Giant data breach suit has no legs to stand on, says Facebook Bloomberg Sep 28, 2019 Facebook Inc. says a lawsuit over a data breach that affected almost 30 million users should be tossed because the lawyers who…
Facebook suspends ‘tens of thousands’ of apps after Cambridge Analytica scandal Associated Press Sep 24, 2019 Facebook has said that it has suspended “tens of thousands” of apps made by about 400 developers as part of an investigation…
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…