Data Sharing

After India's Letter, WhatsApp Says New Privacy Policy For "Transparency"

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday January 20, 2021

Social media platform WhatsApp underscored today that its proposed privacy policy is not meant to enhance data sharing but provide options to help businesses expand. The reiteration came following the government's letter to Will Cathcart, the Global CEO of WhatsApp, asking that the new policy for Indian users be withdrawn.

WhatsApp Delays Data-Sharing Change After Backlash

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday January 16, 2021

WhatsApp on Friday postponed a data-sharing change as users concerned about privacy fled the Facebook-owned messaging service and flocked to rivals Telegram and Signal.

Passenger Vehicle Sales Drop Nearly 18 Per Cent In 2020 Calendar Year

Edited By Sameer Contractor | Thursday January 14, 2021

Passenger vehicle sales stood at 24,33,464 units between January-December 2020, as against 29,62,115 units sold during the same period in 2019, according to the data shared by SIAM.

Passenger Vehicle Sales Witness 13.59 Per Cent Increment In December 2020

Edited By Sameer Contractor | Thursday January 14, 2021

About 252,998 passenger vehicles were sold in December 2020, witnessing a double-digit growth of 13.59 per cent as against 222,728 units sold in December 2019, according to the data shared by SIAM.

Telegram Uses A Hilarious Meme To Troll WhatsApp

Offbeat | Monday January 11, 2021

After WhatsApp announced a change in its privacy policy, signaling increased data sharing with parent company Facebook, thousands of wary users announced their decision to switch to other messaging apps.

WhatsApp Says Privacy Policy Changed to Address Business Accounts, Consumer Chats Unaffected

Tasneem Akolawala | Friday January 8, 2021

In an official statement, WhatsApp says, “The update does not change WhatsApp’s data sharing practices with Facebook and does not impact how people communicate privately with friends or family wherever they are in the world. WhatsApp remains deeply committed to protecting people’s privacy.”

WhatsApp Privacy Policy, Terms of Service Update Makes Facebook Data Sharing Mandatory

Jagmeet Singh | Wednesday January 6, 2021

WhatsApp has updated its privacy policy and terms of service to better integrate with Facebook’s products and services. The messaging app has informed users about the latest change through a notice.

Nintendo Switch: How to Turn Off Data Sharing via Google Analytics

Aman Rashid | Thursday December 10, 2020

The new update version 11.0.0 for the Nintendo Switch comes loaded with some cool new features. However, it automatically enables sharing your player data via Google Analytics. But, there’s a way to turn off this feature. Read this article as we tell you how to turn off data sharing via Google Analytics on Nintendo Switch.

RRB Group D Exam In December: Know What's Next?

Jobs | Edited by Maitree Baral | Saturday November 28, 2020

The RRB group D exam will begin on December 15. The exam will be conducted by the Railway Recruitment Cells (RRCs). As per the data shared by the RRBs in September 2019, a total of 1,15,67,248 applications have been registered against 1,03,769 vacancies in group D posts.

44,879 New Covid Cases, Down 6% Since Yesterday; India Tally Past 87 Lakh

India News | Reported by Akshay Kumar Dongare, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Friday November 13, 2020

India continued to record about 45,000 fresh COVID-19 infections daily taking its overall coronavirus case count past the 87 lakh-mark. According to the Health Ministry's nationwide data shared this morning, 44,879 new Covid cases were recorded in the last 24 hours - 6% lower than yesterday.

iPhone 11 Is Most Shipped Smartphone Globally in Q3 but Samsung Dominated Top 10 Shipping Smartphones: Canalys

Jagmeet Singh | Tuesday November 10, 2020

iPhone 11 became the most shipped smartphone globally in the third quarter of 2020, while Samsung dominated the list of world’s top 10 smartphones shipped during the quarter, as per the data shared by Canalys. Xiaomi also managed to take three spots, with the Redmi Note 9/ Redmi 10X 4G, Redmi 9, and Redmi 9A.

"Won't Share Data With Third Party": Reliance To Parliamentary Panel

India News | Reported by HImanshu Shekhar Mishra, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday November 4, 2020

Jio Platforms Ltd and Reliance Jio Infocomm do not have any data sharing mechanism with Google and Facebook which are its investors, officials of the firms told a parliamentary committee looking into the issue of data safety today. The officials who deposed before the committee today were asked if there was any data-sharing mechanism between the co...

New COVID-19 Infections Rise By 20% In A Day, India Tally At 83.13 Lakh

India News | Edited by Nandini Gupta | Wednesday November 4, 2020

With a jump of 46,253 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the country's overall coronavirus case numbers touched 83.13 lakh, Health Ministry data shared this morning shows. The daily case count rose by 20 per cent, nearing the national weekly average of 45,000, after dropping to almost 38,000 on Monday. Deaths related to COVID-19 also rose mar...

India Covid Tally Nears 80 Lakh, 43,893 New Cases; 508 Deaths In A Day

India News | Reported by Sukirti Dwivedi, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Wednesday October 28, 2020

With a positivity rate of 4.1 per cent, India's daily cases increased by 43,893 in the last 24 hours, taking the country's coronavirus tally close to the 80 lakh mark, the Health Ministry data shared this morning shows. Overall deaths related to the viral disease in India rose to 1.2 lakh as 508 people died in the 24 hours.

Coronavirus Pandemic Dents Auto Exports; Domestic Sales Get Back On The Growth Trajectory

Edited by Shubham Parashar | Friday October 23, 2020

While domestic sales of passenger vehicles have recorded a growth of 17.02 per cent in Q2 of FY2021 at 7,26,232 units, according to the data shared by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), auto exports in the same period went down by 41.96 per cent at 1,11,555 units.