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Microsoft's LinkedIn Sued for Disclosing Customer Information to Train AI Models
LinkedIn quietly introduced a privacy setting last August that let users enable or disable the sharing of their personal data, according to a proposed class action filed on Tuesday night on behalf of millions of LinkedIn Premium customers.
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India's Star Health Sues Telegram After Hacker Accesses Chatbots to Leak Data
Top Indian insurer Star Health has sued Telegram for allegedly using chatbots on the messaging app to leak personal data and medical reports of policy holders. Star has received a temporary injunction from a court in its home state of Tamil Nadu ordering Telegram and the hacker to block any chatbots or websites in India that make available the data...
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Hackers Claim To Have Stolen Millions Of Users' DNA Data, Sell It Online
The database includes information such as display names, sex, birth year, and some details about users genetic ancestry results.
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Meta Set to Face Record EU Privacy Fine Related to Data Transfer of Facebook Users
Meta Platforms is set to face a record European Union privacy fine related to data transfer of Facebook's EU users to US servers for failing to comply with a warning by a top EU court, two sources familiar with the matter said. The penalty will be higher than the previous record EUR 746 million (nearly Rs. 6,660 crore) fine for Amazon.com, accordin...
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Google Announces Multi-Year Plans to Limit Ad Tracking for Android Users, With Privacy Sandbox
Google on Wednesday said it would keep the tracking technology on Android phones that is relied upon by advertisers alive for at least two more years, easing speculation about its plans after Apple frustrated the ad industry by restricting a similar tool. It has also announced a Privacy Sandbox for Android to introduce more private advertising solu...
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Personal Data of 7 Million Indian Credit, Debit Cardholders Leaked Through Dark Web
Sensitive data related to around seven million credit and debit cardholders has been leaked through dark Web, according to a security researcher. It included the names as well as mobile numbers, income levels, email addresses, and Permanent Account Number (PAN) details of the affected Indian cardholders.
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TikTok Accused Of Sending User Data To China: Report
Chinese short-video making platform TikTok, has been accused by a college student from Palo Alto, in a class-action lawsuit, of gathering private user data to and sending it to servers in China.
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India Second To US In Demanding Facebook User Data, Requests Up By 37%
The number of government demands for Facebook user data increased by 16 percent in the first half of this year compared to the last half of the previous year, the social media giant has said in its transparency report. Globally, government demands from January to June were at 1,28,617, which is the highest since Facebook's first transparency report...
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Facebook Says 100 App Developers May Have Accessed Users' Data For Months
In yet another data breach, Facebook on Wednesday revealed that at least 100 app developers may have accessed Facebook users' data for months, confirming that at least 11 partners "accessed group members' information in the last 60 days".
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"Privacy Not A Luxury Good, Must Be Equally Available": Sundar Pichai
Privacy cannot be a "luxury good" that's only available to people who can afford to buy premium products and services, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said.
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Facebook "Unintentionally Uploaded" Email IDs Of 1.5 Million Users: Report
Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it may have "unintentionally uploaded" email contacts of 1.5 million new users since May 2016, in what seems to be the latest privacy-related issue faced by the social media company.
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Facebook Developers Exposed Data Of Millions On Amazon Cloud: Report
In yet another shocking revelation, US-based cyber security firm UpGuard has found that Facebook app developers left millions of user records, including comments, likes and reactions, exposed on the Amazon Cloud servers.
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Facebook Planned To Sell Users' Data In 2012: Report
Facebook considered selling users' data to companies some years ago but later decided to act against it, the media reported. Facebook staff in 2012 considered charging companies at least $250,000 for "access to one of its primary troves of user data -- the Graph API"
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Personal Critical Data Should Be Processed Only in India: Government Panel
The recommendations come at a time when there is heightened scrutiny by governments across the world on how companies handle user data.
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Apps Should Collect Minimal Data Like Aadhaar Does: TRAI Chief
TRAI Chairman RS Sharma has said that apps should collect minimal data just as UIDAI does to give 12-digit Aadhaar numbers to people.
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Microsoft's LinkedIn Sued for Disclosing Customer Information to Train AI Models
LinkedIn quietly introduced a privacy setting last August that let users enable or disable the sharing of their personal data, according to a proposed class action filed on Tuesday night on behalf of millions of LinkedIn Premium customers.
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India's Star Health Sues Telegram After Hacker Accesses Chatbots to Leak Data
Top Indian insurer Star Health has sued Telegram for allegedly using chatbots on the messaging app to leak personal data and medical reports of policy holders. Star has received a temporary injunction from a court in its home state of Tamil Nadu ordering Telegram and the hacker to block any chatbots or websites in India that make available the data...
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Hackers Claim To Have Stolen Millions Of Users' DNA Data, Sell It Online
The database includes information such as display names, sex, birth year, and some details about users genetic ancestry results.
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Meta Set to Face Record EU Privacy Fine Related to Data Transfer of Facebook Users
Meta Platforms is set to face a record European Union privacy fine related to data transfer of Facebook's EU users to US servers for failing to comply with a warning by a top EU court, two sources familiar with the matter said. The penalty will be higher than the previous record EUR 746 million (nearly Rs. 6,660 crore) fine for Amazon.com, accordin...
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Google Announces Multi-Year Plans to Limit Ad Tracking for Android Users, With Privacy Sandbox
Google on Wednesday said it would keep the tracking technology on Android phones that is relied upon by advertisers alive for at least two more years, easing speculation about its plans after Apple frustrated the ad industry by restricting a similar tool. It has also announced a Privacy Sandbox for Android to introduce more private advertising solu...
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Personal Data of 7 Million Indian Credit, Debit Cardholders Leaked Through Dark Web
Sensitive data related to around seven million credit and debit cardholders has been leaked through dark Web, according to a security researcher. It included the names as well as mobile numbers, income levels, email addresses, and Permanent Account Number (PAN) details of the affected Indian cardholders.
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TikTok Accused Of Sending User Data To China: Report
Chinese short-video making platform TikTok, has been accused by a college student from Palo Alto, in a class-action lawsuit, of gathering private user data to and sending it to servers in China.
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India Second To US In Demanding Facebook User Data, Requests Up By 37%
The number of government demands for Facebook user data increased by 16 percent in the first half of this year compared to the last half of the previous year, the social media giant has said in its transparency report. Globally, government demands from January to June were at 1,28,617, which is the highest since Facebook's first transparency report...
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Facebook Says 100 App Developers May Have Accessed Users' Data For Months
In yet another data breach, Facebook on Wednesday revealed that at least 100 app developers may have accessed Facebook users' data for months, confirming that at least 11 partners "accessed group members' information in the last 60 days".
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"Privacy Not A Luxury Good, Must Be Equally Available": Sundar Pichai
Privacy cannot be a "luxury good" that's only available to people who can afford to buy premium products and services, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said.
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Facebook "Unintentionally Uploaded" Email IDs Of 1.5 Million Users: Report
Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it may have "unintentionally uploaded" email contacts of 1.5 million new users since May 2016, in what seems to be the latest privacy-related issue faced by the social media company.
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Facebook Developers Exposed Data Of Millions On Amazon Cloud: Report
In yet another shocking revelation, US-based cyber security firm UpGuard has found that Facebook app developers left millions of user records, including comments, likes and reactions, exposed on the Amazon Cloud servers.
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Facebook Planned To Sell Users' Data In 2012: Report
Facebook considered selling users' data to companies some years ago but later decided to act against it, the media reported. Facebook staff in 2012 considered charging companies at least $250,000 for "access to one of its primary troves of user data -- the Graph API"
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Personal Critical Data Should Be Processed Only in India: Government Panel
The recommendations come at a time when there is heightened scrutiny by governments across the world on how companies handle user data.
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Apps Should Collect Minimal Data Like Aadhaar Does: TRAI Chief
TRAI Chairman RS Sharma has said that apps should collect minimal data just as UIDAI does to give 12-digit Aadhaar numbers to people.
