Privacy Act

'Privacy Act' - 80 News Result(s)

  • Meta Offers to Almost Halve Monthly Subscription Fee for Ad-Free Facebook, Instagram in EU
    Reuters | Wednesday March 20, 2024
    Meta Platforms has offered to almost halve its monthly subscription fee for Facebook and Instagram to EUR 5.99 from EUR 9.99, a senior Meta executive said on Tuesday, a move that aims to address concerns from privacy and antitrust regulators.
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  • Meta Allows EU Users to Access Instagram, Facebook, Messenger Separately to Comply With Regulations
    Written by David Delima, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna | Tuesday January 23, 2024
    Meta will allow users in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland to unlink their Facebook and Instagram accounts to prevent information from being shared across the company's apps. Meanwhile, Meta has also said it will allow users to create a Messenger account that is not linked to their Facebook account, at the cost ...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • "Privacy Nightmare": Study Finds Car Tech Tracked Sexual Acts In Vehicle
    World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday September 7, 2023
    The world's most popular car brands are a data "privacy nightmare," collecting and selling personal information in an age when driving is going increasingly digital, a study showed on Wednesday.
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  • Apple, Meta, Other Tech Giants Brace for Rollout of EU’s Digital Services Act
    Reuters | Thursday August 24, 2023
    More than a dozen of the world's biggest tech companies face unprecedented legal scrutiny, as the European Union's sweeping Digital Services Act (DSA) imposes new rules on content moderation, user privacy and transparency this month.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Digital Personal Data Protection Bill Is Now Officially an Act, Receives President's Assent
    Press Trust of India | Saturday August 12, 2023
    The Digital Personal Data Protection bill, passed by Parliament this week, has received President's assent, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday. Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) law aims to protect the privacy of Indian citizens while proposing a penalty of up to Rs. 250 crore on entities for misusing or failing to protect digit...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • EU Lobbies Asian Countries to Regulate AI Tech Firms, Said to Get Lukewarm Response
    Reuters | Tuesday July 18, 2023
    The European Union's efforts to lobby governments in Asia — including India, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and the Philippines — to implement stringent rules to rein in and regulate AI technology firms are being met with a lukewarm response. The bloc wants its proposed AI Act to become a global benchmark for regulating AI, like its GDPR laws, ...
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  • Microsoft to Pay $20 Million to Settle US FTC Charges for Violating Children's Privacy
    Reuters | Tuesday June 6, 2023
    Microsoft had been charged with violating the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting personal information from children who signed up to its Xbox gaming system without notifying their parents or obtaining their parents' consent, and by retaining children's personal information, the FTC said in a statement.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Consumers' Right to Data Protection, Privacy and Safe Internet Can Never Be Compromised, MoS IT Says
    Press Trust of India | Saturday May 27, 2023
    Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday that platforms in the digital space will always be held accountable to their customers by the government. Big Tech has avoided regulation all around the world "because they masqueraded as innovation", according to the MoS IT. The government is currently conducting a nation...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Meta Faces Record EUR 1.2 Billion Fine in EU Over User Data Transfer to US
    Agence France-Presse | Monday May 22, 2023
    Facebook owner Meta has been fined a record EUR 1.2 billion (nearly Rs. 10,750 crore) for transferring EU user data to the United States in breach of a previous court ruling, Ireland's regulator announced Monday. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), which acts on behalf of the European Union, said the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ha...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Coinbase Sued for Alleged Unauthorised Collection of Users’ Biometrics Data: Details
    Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Manas Mitul | Wednesday May 3, 2023
    Coinbase is being sued by plaintiff Michael Massel for allegedly trespassing the Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and unlawfully collecting users’ biometrics data. The suit alleges that the exchange uses this biometrics data to enhance its ‘app-based’ online platform’s usage and working.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Google Acted Against Over 3,500 Loan Apps in India in 2022 for Violating Play Store Policy
    Press Trust of India | Thursday April 27, 2023
    Google took action against over 3,500 loan apps in India in 2022 for violating Play Store policy requirements, the company said on Thursday. Google said that overall it prevented 1.43 million policy-violating apps from being published on Google Play banning 1,73,000 bad accounts preventing over $2 billion (nearly Rs. 16,350 crore) in fraudulent and...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Government Mulls Regulation, Crackdown on E-Pharmacies Amid Concerns Over Data Privacy, Malpractices
    Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 14, 2023
    The Union Health Ministry is planning to regulate and take stringent action against e-pharmacies, including banning them completely, after concerns over data privacy, malpractices in the sector, and irrational sale of drugs, official sources said on Monday.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill Lets Easy Cross-Border Data Transfer, to Act as Relief for Big Tech
    Press Trust of India | Friday November 18, 2022
    The government on Friday proposed a new data privacy law that allows the transfer and storage of personal data in some countries while raising the penalty for violations. The draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill 2022 will be a great relief for Google, Amazon, Facebook and other global firms as it replaces an earlier version that had a...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Australia Announces Tougher Fines for Data Breaches Following Recent Cyberattacks
    Associated Press | Monday October 24, 2022
    Australia on Saturday proposed tougher penalties for companies that fail to protect customers’ personal data after two major cybersecurity breaches left millions vulnerable to criminals. The penalties for serious breaches of the Privacy Act would increase from AUD 2.2 million (nearly Rs. 11 crore) now to AUD 50 million (nearly Rs....
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  • Australia Proposes Stringent Penalties for Failure to Protect Customer Privacy After Cybersecurity Breaches
    Associated Press | Saturday October 22, 2022
    Australia has proposed tougher penalties for corporates that do not preserve the privacy of their customers. The country's decision comes weeks after two major cybersecurity incidents affected millions of citizens, and penalties for series breaches of the Privacy Act could increase from AUD 2.2 million (roughly Rs. 11 crore) to AUD 50 million (roug...
    www.gadgets360.com

'Privacy Act' - 18 Video Result(s)

'Privacy Act' - 80 News Result(s)

  • Meta Offers to Almost Halve Monthly Subscription Fee for Ad-Free Facebook, Instagram in EU
    Reuters | Wednesday March 20, 2024
    Meta Platforms has offered to almost halve its monthly subscription fee for Facebook and Instagram to EUR 5.99 from EUR 9.99, a senior Meta executive said on Tuesday, a move that aims to address concerns from privacy and antitrust regulators.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Meta Allows EU Users to Access Instagram, Facebook, Messenger Separately to Comply With Regulations
    Written by David Delima, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna | Tuesday January 23, 2024
    Meta will allow users in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland to unlink their Facebook and Instagram accounts to prevent information from being shared across the company's apps. Meanwhile, Meta has also said it will allow users to create a Messenger account that is not linked to their Facebook account, at the cost ...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • "Privacy Nightmare": Study Finds Car Tech Tracked Sexual Acts In Vehicle
    World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday September 7, 2023
    The world's most popular car brands are a data "privacy nightmare," collecting and selling personal information in an age when driving is going increasingly digital, a study showed on Wednesday.
    www.ndtv.com
  • Apple, Meta, Other Tech Giants Brace for Rollout of EU’s Digital Services Act
    Reuters | Thursday August 24, 2023
    More than a dozen of the world's biggest tech companies face unprecedented legal scrutiny, as the European Union's sweeping Digital Services Act (DSA) imposes new rules on content moderation, user privacy and transparency this month.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Digital Personal Data Protection Bill Is Now Officially an Act, Receives President's Assent
    Press Trust of India | Saturday August 12, 2023
    The Digital Personal Data Protection bill, passed by Parliament this week, has received President's assent, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday. Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) law aims to protect the privacy of Indian citizens while proposing a penalty of up to Rs. 250 crore on entities for misusing or failing to protect digit...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • EU Lobbies Asian Countries to Regulate AI Tech Firms, Said to Get Lukewarm Response
    Reuters | Tuesday July 18, 2023
    The European Union's efforts to lobby governments in Asia — including India, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and the Philippines — to implement stringent rules to rein in and regulate AI technology firms are being met with a lukewarm response. The bloc wants its proposed AI Act to become a global benchmark for regulating AI, like its GDPR laws, ...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Microsoft to Pay $20 Million to Settle US FTC Charges for Violating Children's Privacy
    Reuters | Tuesday June 6, 2023
    Microsoft had been charged with violating the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting personal information from children who signed up to its Xbox gaming system without notifying their parents or obtaining their parents' consent, and by retaining children's personal information, the FTC said in a statement.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Consumers' Right to Data Protection, Privacy and Safe Internet Can Never Be Compromised, MoS IT Says
    Press Trust of India | Saturday May 27, 2023
    Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday that platforms in the digital space will always be held accountable to their customers by the government. Big Tech has avoided regulation all around the world "because they masqueraded as innovation", according to the MoS IT. The government is currently conducting a nation...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Meta Faces Record EUR 1.2 Billion Fine in EU Over User Data Transfer to US
    Agence France-Presse | Monday May 22, 2023
    Facebook owner Meta has been fined a record EUR 1.2 billion (nearly Rs. 10,750 crore) for transferring EU user data to the United States in breach of a previous court ruling, Ireland's regulator announced Monday. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), which acts on behalf of the European Union, said the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ha...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Coinbase Sued for Alleged Unauthorised Collection of Users’ Biometrics Data: Details
    Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Manas Mitul | Wednesday May 3, 2023
    Coinbase is being sued by plaintiff Michael Massel for allegedly trespassing the Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and unlawfully collecting users’ biometrics data. The suit alleges that the exchange uses this biometrics data to enhance its ‘app-based’ online platform’s usage and working.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Google Acted Against Over 3,500 Loan Apps in India in 2022 for Violating Play Store Policy
    Press Trust of India | Thursday April 27, 2023
    Google took action against over 3,500 loan apps in India in 2022 for violating Play Store policy requirements, the company said on Thursday. Google said that overall it prevented 1.43 million policy-violating apps from being published on Google Play banning 1,73,000 bad accounts preventing over $2 billion (nearly Rs. 16,350 crore) in fraudulent and...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Government Mulls Regulation, Crackdown on E-Pharmacies Amid Concerns Over Data Privacy, Malpractices
    Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 14, 2023
    The Union Health Ministry is planning to regulate and take stringent action against e-pharmacies, including banning them completely, after concerns over data privacy, malpractices in the sector, and irrational sale of drugs, official sources said on Monday.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill Lets Easy Cross-Border Data Transfer, to Act as Relief for Big Tech
    Press Trust of India | Friday November 18, 2022
    The government on Friday proposed a new data privacy law that allows the transfer and storage of personal data in some countries while raising the penalty for violations. The draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill 2022 will be a great relief for Google, Amazon, Facebook and other global firms as it replaces an earlier version that had a...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Australia Announces Tougher Fines for Data Breaches Following Recent Cyberattacks
    Associated Press | Monday October 24, 2022
    Australia on Saturday proposed tougher penalties for companies that fail to protect customers’ personal data after two major cybersecurity breaches left millions vulnerable to criminals. The penalties for serious breaches of the Privacy Act would increase from AUD 2.2 million (nearly Rs. 11 crore) now to AUD 50 million (nearly Rs....
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Australia Proposes Stringent Penalties for Failure to Protect Customer Privacy After Cybersecurity Breaches
    Associated Press | Saturday October 22, 2022
    Australia has proposed tougher penalties for corporates that do not preserve the privacy of their customers. The country's decision comes weeks after two major cybersecurity incidents affected millions of citizens, and penalties for series breaches of the Privacy Act could increase from AUD 2.2 million (roughly Rs. 11 crore) to AUD 50 million (roug...
    www.gadgets360.com

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