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After Leela Palace Udaipur, Staff Intrusion At Hyatt Regency Jaipur Ignites Debate
A Delhi-based woman alleged that staff at Hyatt Regency Jaipur entered her room without permission. Her viral post has left some people concerned but others thought it was simply trun-down service protocol.
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New Income Tax Bill Won't Breach Taxpayers' Online Privacy: Report
The new Income Tax Bill prescribes the existing process for tax authorities to gain access to the digital space or a computer device only during search and survey operations, a top official said.
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Meta to Be Fined $100,000 per Day Over Privacy Breaches Unless Firm Takes Remedial Action: Norway Regulator
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms will be fined $100,000 (roughly Rs. 82 lakh) per day over privacy breaches unless it takes remedial action, Norway's data protection authority said on Monday, in a move that could have wider European implications.
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Meta Faces Record EUR 1.2 Billion Fine in EU Over User Data Transfer to US
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...
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Government To Investigate WhatsApp's Privacy Breach: Junior IT Minister
The government will investigate a claim that WhatsApp accessed the microphone of smartphone users while the phone was not in use, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said today.
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Privacy Rights May Become Next Victim Of Killer COVID-19 Pandemic
Digital surveillance and smartphone technology may prove helpful in containing the coronavirus pandemic - but some activists fear this could mean lasting harm to privacy and digital rights.
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Facebook View On Privacy "So Wrong", Says US Judge, Lets Class Action Proceed
A federal judge on Monday ordered Facebook to face most of a nationwide lawsuit seeking damages for letting third parties such as Cambridge Analytica access users' private data, calling the social media company's views on privacy "so wrong."
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Facebook Faces Record-Setting Fine From Regulators For Privacy Violations
USregulators have met to discuss imposing a record-setting fine against Facebook for violating a legally binding agreement with the government to protect the privacy of its users' personal data, according to three people familiar with the deliberations but not authorized to speak on the record.
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Big Changes To Handling Of Your Personal Data Drawn In Draft Law
All critical personal data on people in India should be processed within the country and explicit consent should be taken for collecting sensitive information like religious or political beliefs, sexual orientation and biometric data, a government panel said on Friday.
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Facebook Data Privacy: Mark Zuckerberg Says No Plans To Extend European Privacy Law Globally
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday the social network had no immediate plans to apply a strict new European Union law on data privacy in its entirety to the rest of the world, as the company reels from a scandal over its handling of personal information of millions of its users.
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Google fined $22.5 million for alleged privacy breach
A federal judge has approved a $22.5 million fine to penalise Google for an alleged privacy breach, rejecting a consumer-rights group's plea for tougher punishment.
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France claims success in Google privacy breach
France has become the latest country to hold Google to account over a privacy breach that saw the search engine giant mistakenly gather and store data over public Wi-Fi networks in more than 30 countries. The French independent privacy watchdog CNIL said on Thursday that following its complaint, Google had handed over copies of the e-mails, browsin...
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After Leela Palace Udaipur, Staff Intrusion At Hyatt Regency Jaipur Ignites Debate
A Delhi-based woman alleged that staff at Hyatt Regency Jaipur entered her room without permission. Her viral post has left some people concerned but others thought it was simply trun-down service protocol.
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New Income Tax Bill Won't Breach Taxpayers' Online Privacy: Report
The new Income Tax Bill prescribes the existing process for tax authorities to gain access to the digital space or a computer device only during search and survey operations, a top official said.
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Meta to Be Fined $100,000 per Day Over Privacy Breaches Unless Firm Takes Remedial Action: Norway Regulator
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms will be fined $100,000 (roughly Rs. 82 lakh) per day over privacy breaches unless it takes remedial action, Norway's data protection authority said on Monday, in a move that could have wider European implications.
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Meta Faces Record EUR 1.2 Billion Fine in EU Over User Data Transfer to US
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...
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Government To Investigate WhatsApp's Privacy Breach: Junior IT Minister
The government will investigate a claim that WhatsApp accessed the microphone of smartphone users while the phone was not in use, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said today.
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Privacy Rights May Become Next Victim Of Killer COVID-19 Pandemic
Digital surveillance and smartphone technology may prove helpful in containing the coronavirus pandemic - but some activists fear this could mean lasting harm to privacy and digital rights.
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Facebook View On Privacy "So Wrong", Says US Judge, Lets Class Action Proceed
A federal judge on Monday ordered Facebook to face most of a nationwide lawsuit seeking damages for letting third parties such as Cambridge Analytica access users' private data, calling the social media company's views on privacy "so wrong."
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Facebook Faces Record-Setting Fine From Regulators For Privacy Violations
USregulators have met to discuss imposing a record-setting fine against Facebook for violating a legally binding agreement with the government to protect the privacy of its users' personal data, according to three people familiar with the deliberations but not authorized to speak on the record.
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Big Changes To Handling Of Your Personal Data Drawn In Draft Law
All critical personal data on people in India should be processed within the country and explicit consent should be taken for collecting sensitive information like religious or political beliefs, sexual orientation and biometric data, a government panel said on Friday.
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Facebook Data Privacy: Mark Zuckerberg Says No Plans To Extend European Privacy Law Globally
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday the social network had no immediate plans to apply a strict new European Union law on data privacy in its entirety to the rest of the world, as the company reels from a scandal over its handling of personal information of millions of its users.
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Google fined $22.5 million for alleged privacy breach
A federal judge has approved a $22.5 million fine to penalise Google for an alleged privacy breach, rejecting a consumer-rights group's plea for tougher punishment.
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France claims success in Google privacy breach
France has become the latest country to hold Google to account over a privacy breach that saw the search engine giant mistakenly gather and store data over public Wi-Fi networks in more than 30 countries. The French independent privacy watchdog CNIL said on Thursday that following its complaint, Google had handed over copies of the e-mails, browsin...
