Privacy
- India
Protecting digital rights an obligation of government: Minister
Dubai: Asserting that India did not have to follow any other country or global practice for its policy-making on the future of the internet, Union Minister of State for Skill Development and…
- Delhi
Phone-tapping, recording calls without consent a breach of privacy, says Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday, while granting bail to former Mumbai Police chief Sanjay Pandey in a money laundering case, observed that phone-tapping or recording calls without the individual’s…
- India
SC asks CBI to embrace ‘change’ as plea seeks guidelines for probing
New Delhi: The world has changed and the CBI should also – the Supreme Court observed on Monday while hearing a plea seeking guidelines for probe agencies on seizure, examination and preservation…
- Technology
Draft Data Protection Bill entails penalty of up to Rs 250 cr for privacy breach
New Delhi: Aiming to protect personal data breach, the Centre on Friday released the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022, which entails the provision of fine of up to Rs 250…
- India
Hotel apologises to Virat Kohli, removes people who breached cricketer’s privacy
Perth: Crown Perth hotel has reportedly apologised to charismatic India batter Virat Kohli for the alleged breach of the player’s privacy by a fan, who took a video of the cricketer’s room…
- India
Fan leaks video of Kohli’s hotel room; batter denounces invasion of privacy
Perth: A flabbergasted and “paranoid” Virat Kohli on Monday denounced the “absolute invasion” of his privacy by a fan, who shot a video of his hotel room and put that in public domain.…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia: Rs 1 cr fine for violating privacy through mobile phones
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced the imposition of a fine of 500,000 Saudi Arabian Riyals (SAR) (Rs 1,05,97,871) and one year of jail time on anyone who is caught…
- Technology
Apple in-app purchase prices up 40% due to privacy changes
New Delhi: The average price of in-app purchases (IAPs) on the iOS App Store has increased 40 per cent year-over-year (YoY) in July (likely due to privacy changes), while it was mere…
- Technology
DuckDuckGo email protection service in beta now open to all
New Delhi: Privacy-focused online browser DuckDuckGo on Thursday announced that its email protection service in beta is now finally available to all users and they can generate a free “@duck.com” email address…
- Technology
Google hit by privacy complaint in EU for inserting ads in Gmail
London: Google on Wednesday was hit by a fresh privacy complaint in Europe, this time for allegedly inserting ads in Gmail without users’ consent. Privacy advocacy group noyb filed the complaint with…
- Technology
Over 3 in 10 people wish to delete their Internet footprint amid privacy thefts
New Delhi: Amid growing privacy thefts and hacking concerns, more than a third of people (33 per cent) would delete their profiles from the Internet if they could, a report revealed on…
- Hyderabad
ECI takes U-turn; linking of Aadhar to voter ID now compulsory?
Hyderabad/National: In a move that will raise privacy concerns, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has pretty much made linking Aadhar to voter ID mandatory. A notification from the ECI to election…
- Technology
Mozilla Firefox can now automatically remove tracking from URLs
San Francisco: Mozilla’s latest Firefox browser update has a new feature that prevents sites like Facebook from tracking users across websites. According to Bleeping Computer, Mozilla Firefox 102 was released with a…
- Technology
Facebook whistleblower to train lawyers how to fight Big Tech
San Francisco: Frances Haugen, a whistleblower who exposed Facebook and testified in front of lawmakers about the social network’s illegal data activities, is raising up to $5 million to kick off a…
- Technology
Now WhatsApp let users hide profile pictures, ‘Last Seen’ from specific people
San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp has announced that it is rolling out new options to your privacy control settings to further protect users’ privacy online. On the microblogging site, the company wrote that…
