Data Privacy

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday announced an initiative seeking public comment on the effects of companies’ data collection and the potential benefit of new rules to protect consumers’ privacy. The federal regulator is looking at drafting rules to crack down on what they call harmful commercial surveillance and lax data securi...

Australia's competition watchdog said on Friday that Alphabet Inc's Google unit was ordered by the country's Federal Court to pay A$60 million ($42.7 million) in penalties for misleading users on collection of their personal location data.

Facebook messages of a mother-daughter duo over abortion are being investigated in Nebraska after the US Supreme Court ruling on Roe vs Wade. Since the ruling, there has been a concern on how collected location data, text messages, search histories, emails and seemingly innocuous period and ovulation-tracking apps could be used to prosecute people ...

After five years of negotiations involving the government, tech companies and civil society activists, the world's largest democracy is sending its debate on privacy back to the drawing board.

India’s privacy debate has seen major changes in the last few years. The government has recently scraped the personal data protection bill, and decided to replace it with “a comprehensive legal framework”. This may bring little cheer to Big Tech if the replacement turns out to be even more draconian. Twitter and Meta’s WhatsApp have already...

TRAI has floated a consultation paper to seek views on using artificial intelligence and big data to improve telecom services and enhance network security, the telecom regulator announced on Friday. It is seeking opinions on the risks in the adoption of AI and BD, such as unethical use, bias in data and algorithms, privacy, model instability, regul...

The central government said it will introduce a new framework in place of the withdrawn Personal Data Protection Bill that covers all aspects of digital economy with dedicated rules for data privacy, emerging technologies, and data governance framework, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday. The next version of the bill along with I...

The government on Wednesday withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2021 from parliament, stating that it would be replaced with a comprehensive framework of Global standard laws including Digital Privacy laws for contemporary and future challenges. The legislation, which had alarmed big tech firms, has been under consideration for several year...

Have I Been Pwned, the privacy tracker that helps users check if their data has been compromised by data breaches, has retracted its claim that Paytm Mall was hacked in 2020. HIBP creator Troy Hunt tweeted on Friday stating that the what was claimed was personal data of 3.4 million users, allegedly sourced from the two-year-old data breach, appeare...

Google has announced that it is postponing phasing out third-party cookies in Chrome to 2024 even as it expanded the testing of Privacy Sandbox APIs to more population. The solution aims to provide private browsing and targeted advertising.

Democratic representatives are widening their scrutiny into the role of tech companies in collecting the personal data of people who may be seeking an abortion. Recently, six House Democrats have asked the top executives of Amazon’s cloud-service network and major cloud provider Oracle about the companies’ handling of consumers’ location data...

Google advocated free flow of information for global internet and digital economy, while cautioning against creation of "damaging or harmful impediments". Google's Global Chief Privacy Officer also said that Google's local teams in India and global public policy teams continue to engage with policymakers locally and around the world on data protect...

TikTok collects vast amounts of personal data from its users, like other social media companies, in order to serve them ads. However, unlike other apps, TikTok’s corporate roots extend to authoritarian China, which carries implications for users of the app. From censorship to privacy issues, here are the risks of apps like TikTok collecting your ...

Microsoft Cloud for sovereignty was announced by the company on Tuesday as the company’s public cloud for government customers. The ‘sovereign’ cloud service will offer customers greater control over their data, and is expected to help the company better compete with rivals such as Amazon Web Services and Alphabet's Google.

Tesla has been sued by a German consumer group, over data privacy concerns and the company’s claims of reducing emissions through the purchase of its cars. The group’s lawsuit said users of Tesla’s sentry mode "would need to obtain consent for the processing of personal data from passers-by who happened to walk past the car". The suit also cl...

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday announced an initiative seeking public comment on the effects of companies’ data collection and the potential benefit of new rules to protect consumers’ privacy. The federal regulator is looking at drafting rules to crack down on what they call harmful commercial surveillance and lax data securi...

Australia's competition watchdog said on Friday that Alphabet Inc's Google unit was ordered by the country's Federal Court to pay A$60 million ($42.7 million) in penalties for misleading users on collection of their personal location data.

Facebook messages of a mother-daughter duo over abortion are being investigated in Nebraska after the US Supreme Court ruling on Roe vs Wade. Since the ruling, there has been a concern on how collected location data, text messages, search histories, emails and seemingly innocuous period and ovulation-tracking apps could be used to prosecute people ...

After five years of negotiations involving the government, tech companies and civil society activists, the world's largest democracy is sending its debate on privacy back to the drawing board.

India’s privacy debate has seen major changes in the last few years. The government has recently scraped the personal data protection bill, and decided to replace it with “a comprehensive legal framework”. This may bring little cheer to Big Tech if the replacement turns out to be even more draconian. Twitter and Meta’s WhatsApp have already...

TRAI has floated a consultation paper to seek views on using artificial intelligence and big data to improve telecom services and enhance network security, the telecom regulator announced on Friday. It is seeking opinions on the risks in the adoption of AI and BD, such as unethical use, bias in data and algorithms, privacy, model instability, regul...

The central government said it will introduce a new framework in place of the withdrawn Personal Data Protection Bill that covers all aspects of digital economy with dedicated rules for data privacy, emerging technologies, and data governance framework, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday. The next version of the bill along with I...

The government on Wednesday withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2021 from parliament, stating that it would be replaced with a comprehensive framework of Global standard laws including Digital Privacy laws for contemporary and future challenges. The legislation, which had alarmed big tech firms, has been under consideration for several year...

Have I Been Pwned, the privacy tracker that helps users check if their data has been compromised by data breaches, has retracted its claim that Paytm Mall was hacked in 2020. HIBP creator Troy Hunt tweeted on Friday stating that the what was claimed was personal data of 3.4 million users, allegedly sourced from the two-year-old data breach, appeare...

Google has announced that it is postponing phasing out third-party cookies in Chrome to 2024 even as it expanded the testing of Privacy Sandbox APIs to more population. The solution aims to provide private browsing and targeted advertising.

Democratic representatives are widening their scrutiny into the role of tech companies in collecting the personal data of people who may be seeking an abortion. Recently, six House Democrats have asked the top executives of Amazon’s cloud-service network and major cloud provider Oracle about the companies’ handling of consumers’ location data...

Google advocated free flow of information for global internet and digital economy, while cautioning against creation of "damaging or harmful impediments". Google's Global Chief Privacy Officer also said that Google's local teams in India and global public policy teams continue to engage with policymakers locally and around the world on data protect...

TikTok collects vast amounts of personal data from its users, like other social media companies, in order to serve them ads. However, unlike other apps, TikTok’s corporate roots extend to authoritarian China, which carries implications for users of the app. From censorship to privacy issues, here are the risks of apps like TikTok collecting your ...

Microsoft Cloud for sovereignty was announced by the company on Tuesday as the company’s public cloud for government customers. The ‘sovereign’ cloud service will offer customers greater control over their data, and is expected to help the company better compete with rivals such as Amazon Web Services and Alphabet's Google.

Tesla has been sued by a German consumer group, over data privacy concerns and the company’s claims of reducing emissions through the purchase of its cars. The group’s lawsuit said users of Tesla’s sentry mode "would need to obtain consent for the processing of personal data from passers-by who happened to walk past the car". The suit also cl...