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What Is An At-Home Cervical Cancer Screening Test? Are They Easy To Use And Reliable?
The at-home cervical cancer screening test can be beneficial to provide early detection of HPV. Here is what it does, how to use it, and why you should get tested.
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Centre Notifies DPDP Rules 2025, RTI Amendment 2025 Comes Into Force
The Centre, on Friday, notified the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2025, bringing some of the rules into effect immediately. The notification comes nearly 10 months after the DPDP Rules, 2025, a draft of the bill was circulated in January. Among the rules that come into effect now is the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, amendment...
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Google Play Store Rolls Out Verified Badge for VPN Apps Focused on Privacy and Safety
Google on Tuesday announced a new way for users to identify ‘trusted’ apps and make informed choices on the Play Store. Consumer-facing VPN apps that meet the user privacy and safety standards will now appear with a verified badge, in compliance with the Mountain View-based technology company’s Play safety and security guidelines Play safety ...
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Privacy Protected: WhatsApp's End-To-End Encryption Explained Simply
WhatsApp has challenged Information Technology Rule 4(2) of the 2021 IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code).
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EU Lobbies Asian Countries to Regulate AI Tech Firms, Said to Get Lukewarm Response
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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YouTube Removed 56 Lakh Videos Globally From Its Platform in Q3 2022
YouTube removed 5.6 million (56 lakh) videos from its platform in the month of July and September 2022 for violating their community guidelines. The platform received roughly 2,71,000 removal appeals during the two months. Upon review, it reinstated about 29,000 appeals, said YouTube in its latest blog.
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Microsoft Announces New App Store Guidelines as It Woos Regulators on Activision Blizzard Deal
Microsoft announced a new set of principles for its app store, including open access to developers who meet privacy and security standards, as it began a push to win approval for its blockbuster acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
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China Issues Draft Guidelines for Internet Recommendation Algorithms
China has issued draft guidelines on regulating the algorithms used by Internet service providers to make recommendations to users, part of efforts to protect the privacy and data security of users, the Internet regulator said.
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Centre Issues Data Processing Rules For Aarogya Setu App Amid Privacy Concerns
The government has issued a set of guidelines for processing of data collected through Aarogya Setu app that bar storage of data for more than six months and specify jail term for violators of certain rules.
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"Zoom Boom" A Real Danger, Warns Government On Video Con Platform
Zoom is not a safe platform for video conference, the government today said, issuing a set of guidelines for private users to follow to stay safe in case they use it.
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What Is An At-Home Cervical Cancer Screening Test? Are They Easy To Use And Reliable?
The at-home cervical cancer screening test can be beneficial to provide early detection of HPV. Here is what it does, how to use it, and why you should get tested.
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Centre Notifies DPDP Rules 2025, RTI Amendment 2025 Comes Into Force
The Centre, on Friday, notified the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2025, bringing some of the rules into effect immediately. The notification comes nearly 10 months after the DPDP Rules, 2025, a draft of the bill was circulated in January. Among the rules that come into effect now is the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, amendment...
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Google Play Store Rolls Out Verified Badge for VPN Apps Focused on Privacy and Safety
Google on Tuesday announced a new way for users to identify ‘trusted’ apps and make informed choices on the Play Store. Consumer-facing VPN apps that meet the user privacy and safety standards will now appear with a verified badge, in compliance with the Mountain View-based technology company’s Play safety and security guidelines Play safety ...
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Privacy Protected: WhatsApp's End-To-End Encryption Explained Simply
WhatsApp has challenged Information Technology Rule 4(2) of the 2021 IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code).
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EU Lobbies Asian Countries to Regulate AI Tech Firms, Said to Get Lukewarm Response
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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YouTube Removed 56 Lakh Videos Globally From Its Platform in Q3 2022
YouTube removed 5.6 million (56 lakh) videos from its platform in the month of July and September 2022 for violating their community guidelines. The platform received roughly 2,71,000 removal appeals during the two months. Upon review, it reinstated about 29,000 appeals, said YouTube in its latest blog.
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Microsoft Announces New App Store Guidelines as It Woos Regulators on Activision Blizzard Deal
Microsoft announced a new set of principles for its app store, including open access to developers who meet privacy and security standards, as it began a push to win approval for its blockbuster acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
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China Issues Draft Guidelines for Internet Recommendation Algorithms
China has issued draft guidelines on regulating the algorithms used by Internet service providers to make recommendations to users, part of efforts to protect the privacy and data security of users, the Internet regulator said.
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Centre Issues Data Processing Rules For Aarogya Setu App Amid Privacy Concerns
The government has issued a set of guidelines for processing of data collected through Aarogya Setu app that bar storage of data for more than six months and specify jail term for violators of certain rules.
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"Zoom Boom" A Real Danger, Warns Government On Video Con Platform
Zoom is not a safe platform for video conference, the government today said, issuing a set of guidelines for private users to follow to stay safe in case they use it.
