October 29, 2019 01:59 PM IST The government argues that the surveillance it proposes is required to fight the use of social media for terrorism, anti-national activities, pornography, spreading of fake news and other negative tendencies. However, should this be at the cost of individual privacy of every Indian?
September 29, 2019 11:58 AM IST The debate over data security and privacy has continued unabated even a year after Justice Srikrishna Committee’s report on draft regulations
September 15, 2019 12:31 PM IST Facebook, other social media companies and some technology firms have been against the Data Privacy Bill
August 08, 2019 11:01 AM IST The company is yet to fix all the flaws after Check Point alerted them to it late 2018. This raised concerns about the spread of misinformation and privacy of their 1.5 billion strong user base
July 31, 2019 02:03 PM IST Not often you see Apple going that extra mile to tom-tom its track record on data security. So, is there more to it than meets the eye?
July 24, 2019 08:39 PM IST As of now, TRAI doesn’t have the power to impose penalties or the geographical spread for the bill.
July 18, 2019 08:23 PM IST As more and more Indians enter the digital payments space, it is becoming increasingly important to have more awareness on issues related to online bank fraud.
June 26, 2019 09:11 PM IST With nil to negligent data privacy norms in place, India is among the top countries where rampant government surveillance has caused increased data privacy concerns.
June 22, 2019 11:17 AM IST The trial of full-body scanners at UK's Manchester airport, revealed naked images of passengers, including their genitalia and breast enlargements.
June 04, 2019 06:46 PM IST Apps would also need to acquire permission from users to access location data every time they use the service.
May 08, 2019 10:00 AM IST The tool would enable users of Google's Chrome browser to delete cookies.
April 27, 2019 07:16 PM IST Given the recent instances of privacy breaches, it is hardly a wonder why it is so important. In December 2018, reports that Amazon’s Alexa eavesdropped on a conversation, recorded it and sent it to a friend came to light. Tech giant Google has been fined $5.1 billion by the European Union for abusing its power in the mobile phone market.
April 11, 2019 12:48 PM IST A user may now find suggestions of sponsored locations and paid listings while searching for his desired destination.
April 06, 2019 02:09 PM IST According to a report, the data created by the Internet of Things devices is a huge source of the 2.5 quintillion bytes of data we create every day.
April 04, 2019 11:43 AM IST The new feature comes after many concerns and questions asked by the Indian government on the spread of false and incorrect information on WhatsApp.
March 22, 2019 04:53 PM IST M Saraswathy gets in a conversation with Moneycontrol’s Vaibhavi Khanwalkar to find out more about the privacy blunder from Facebook.
March 13, 2019 09:29 AM IST Should TRAI, and the Department of Telecom, seek to regulate WhatsApp and other messaging platforms like SMS, Mark Zuckerberg may have no option but to pull out of India.
March 07, 2019 04:33 PM IST In a recent blog post, Zuckerberg said the aims to build Facebook into a private service which is more secure, like WhatsApp, which has end-to-end encryption
March 07, 2019 11:13 AM IST Facebook has been pushing users to activate two-factor authentication for security of their accounts. There is no tool or option available to disable the feature and by default is set to 'everyone'.
March 01, 2019 03:26 PM IST Google's Nest Secure hub, an online home security system, was criticised because the tech giant did not reveal in any official communication that the device has a microphone.
February 05, 2019 01:31 PM IST The companies apparently took advantage of Apple's Developer Enterprise Program, which helps partner companies to test and distribute apps, but only to test new features
January 15, 2019 04:08 PM IST A new update would allow WhatsApp to use your fingerprint credentials stored in the phone with your consent if the app cannot detect your fingerprint
November 30, 2018 08:17 PM IST TRAI and Apple have been at loggerheads about the access required by the DND app since about a year and a half, with the regulator even contemplating taking Apple to court over the issue.
October 04, 2018 09:40 AM IST Hinting at data breach instances at Facebook, Cook said the kind of data breach would not happen at Apple because the personal data it collects stays locked on iPhones, where even Apple cannot access it
September 27, 2018 07:42 PM IST Legal and industry experts are divided on what could happen to the personal data that was shred with telcos, banks and insurance companies.
