Data privacy

The government on Thursday introduced the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023, in the Lok Sabha, outlining the lawful collection, processing and protection of private data. It also prescribed penalties up to Rs. 250 crore…

Meta's long-awaited Twitter alternative is here, and it's called Threads. The new social media app launches at a time when alternatives, like Bluesky, Mastodon, and Spill, are vying for users who are dissatisfied with Elon Musk's handling…

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Surfshark has released a report on the most data-hungry gaming apps. It has surveyed 50 mobile games and out of these, 38 titles are using user data for third-party advertising. The report also highlights other privacy-concerning aspects.…

European Union hits Facebook parent Meta with record $1.3 billion fine over transfers of user data to U.S. File | Photo Credit: AP The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.3 billion privacy fine on May 22 and ordered it to stop…

A former executive at TikTok parent ByteDance Inc. who was fired in 2018 said in a lawsuit that the Chinese Communist Party had a special office within the company that gave it “supreme access” to all data, a backdoor channel that he said…

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nearly every Congressional hearing on Big Tech—whether about data privacy, monopolies, or in the case of last week’s TikTok hearing, national security—eventually features one or more lawmakers bemoaning something along the lines of, “But…

Both GEDmatch’s and FamilyTreeDNA’s terms of service outline their policies for law enforcement use. But for many users, solving crimes is not their main motivator for signing up for these sites. Plus, not everyone reads the terms of…