Privacy
- Technology
Meta to let you manage who sees your posts on Facebook
New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) on Thursday announced new privacy controls for users, saying that it is rolling out a new setting to make it easier to manage who sees your posts…
- Technology
Apple doubles down on protecting users’ personal data globally
New Delhi: In a fresh bid to make users aware about the privacy of their data and take control of their personal and financial information, Apple has introduced a global campaign that…
- Technology
Google releases 2nd Android 13 Beta with thrust on user privacy
New Delhi: Google has released the second Beta of its Android 13 operating system that offers a slew of new features and user controls, along with updates to privacy and security. At…
- Middle East
Saudi: SAR 5L fine, jail time for violating people’s privacy
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Saturday announced the imposition of a fine of 500,000 Saudi Riyals and one-month jail on anyone who is caught violating people’s privacy. The Saudi…
- Technology
Apple CEO rails against bad privacy regulation, sideloading
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple’s CEO Tim Cook has used his IAPP Global Privacy Summit keynote speech to discuss privacy and trust in the digital economy, including a need to stop regulations…
- Technology
UK watchdog to probe Face ID privacy complaint against Apple
London: The data watchdog in the UK is launching a probe into Apple after a former senior woman engineer claimed the tech giant accessed smartphones of its employees via the Face ID…
- Technology
Smartphones may reveal your identity, breaching privacy: Study
London: The time a person spends on different smartphone apps is enough to identify them from a larger group in more than one in three cases, say researchers, who warn of the…
- Technology
Google announces Privacy Sandbox on Android to protect users from intrusive ads
New Delhi: Google on Wednesday announced a multi-year initiative to build the Privacy Sandbox on Android, with the goal of introducing new advertising solutions and improve user privacy without putting access to…
- Technology
Meta agrees to $90 mn settlement in privacy lawsuit
San Francisco: Facebook’s parent Meta has reportedly agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old class action lawsuit over a practice that allowed the social network to track users’ activity across…
- Technology
This is how Google aims to protect your privacy in ad-filled web
New Delhi: Google has detailed its objectives to respect users’ privacy while maintaining a well functioning ad-funded web. Google said that it aims to develop the ‘Privacy Sandbox’ proposals to make the…
- Business
Despite privacy changes, digital ad spend to hit $753 bn in 2026
New Delhi: Despite app store privacy changes by Apple and Google that are hitting advertisers, global digital advertising spend will increase from $407 billion in 2022 to $753 billion in 2026 —…
- Technology
Mozilla announces new privacy features for its mobile, desktop VPN
New Delhi: Mozilla, the firm behind the popular web browser Firefox, has started rolling out new updates to its mobile and desktop VPN offerings. With VPN 2.7, the firm is adding one…
- Technology
Meta opens Privacy Centre to educate users on data security
New Delhi: Facing an intense scrutiny over users’ data privacy, Meta has introduced a Privacy Centre across its family of apps to educate billions of users. Available to a limited number of…
