The government plans to introduce fresh legislation that can cater to the ongoing 'sea change in the local and global technology environment'
In the lawsuit filed Monday in a District of Columbia court, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine alleges Google has “systematically” deceived consumers about...
As Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 is approved in the Lok Sabha, let's take a look at the challenges the Aadhaar Card and Voter ID linkage faces while the...
Recording wife’s conversation on telephone without her knowledge amounts to infringement of privacy, the Punjab and Haryana High Court observed on Monday.
"Neither WhatsApp nor your backup service provider will be able to read your backups or access the key required to unlock it," WhatsApp stated in its blogpost.
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Anyone can make anyone worthy of intrusive surveillance
A Bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh said that in view of the firm's stand it would hear the pleas on August 27.
The European Union's Court of Justice ruled that ‘under certain conditions’ a national watchdog has the power to take a company to court over a GDPR...
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WhatsApp took an objection to a traceability clause in the new IT Rules that requires social media platforms to locate 'the first originator of the...
The IT Ministry termed WhatsApp's last moment challenge to the intermediary guidelines as an unfortunate attempt to prevent norms from coming into effect.
'They (WhatsApp) have clear double standards! Our govt and our law should define and protect our privacy, not these platforms!,' Mohandas Pai said.
The IT Ministry said that WhatsApp’s privacy policy changes harm the rights of Indian citizens.
Google has also announced new enhancements to its Password Manager, which helps users create, remember, save and auto-fill passwords across the web.
Many have alleged that WhatsApp’s new privacy policy will enable the instant messaging platform to share users’ data with its parent company—Facebook.
Illinois is the only state with a law that allows people to seek monetary damages for data collection without their consent
London High Court ruled in her favour involving articles in February 2019 that published extracts of a 'personal and private' letter to her estranged father.
The cocky challenges to India by digital monopolies need to be addressed quickly
The victim is a law student and was on a trip to Delhi via Mathura with her boyfriend and group of other LLB friends when she lost her pen dive.
Dr Abhay Chawla explains why the recent controversy over WhatsApp should serve as a wake-up call for those who believe in data privacy.
WhatsApp’s privacy policy says, “Privacy and Security is in our DNA”. But the past of Facebook, its parent company, make us question its ‘DNA’.
It is time we start working towards an ‘atmanirbhar’ digital India, and formulate regulations that protect citizens from predatory digital monopolies.