A privacy cop won’t make a big difference to the way Facebook handles user data

An independent assessor will lack regulatory guidelines and the insight needed to actually monitor how the company handles the data of its 2.3 billion users.

Bhaskar Chakravorti, The Conversation

· Aug 01, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Truecaller apologises for ‘bug’ that signed up Indian users for its payments service without consent

The Swedish company said it was issuing an update to the caller identification application to fix the problem.

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· Jul 30, 2019 · 06:05 pm

How much money do tech companies make from your online data? A proposed US law wants to find out

There is no common formula: an average person's data could be worth anything between a dollar to slightly more than a $100.

Samuel Lengen, The Conversation

· Jul 14, 2019 · 09:30 pm

United States: Video app TikTok fined $5.7 million for illegally collecting children’s data

The Federal Trade Commission said the penalty was the largest ever in an inquiry related to children’s privacy.

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· Mar 01, 2019 · 01:29 pm

Facebook denies report that it gave companies access to data without users’ permission

The company admitted that companies had access to people’s information, but denied it was done without the users’ consent.

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· Dec 19, 2018 · 06:51 pm

Microsoft regularly shared data of India bank customers with US intelligence agencies, claims report

The RBI flagged the matter in a report that has been placed before the audit committees of banks.

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· Oct 30, 2018 · 02:33 pm

Interview: Why India’s push for data localisation could hurt its startups most

Data localisation is a key area covered by the Srikrishna Committee’s draft bill on data protection.

Aria Thaker, qz.com

· Oct 17, 2018 · 09:30 pm

Explainer: What we know about the Google+ security bug and the company’s decision to keep it secret

A Google+ security defect exposed the information of half a million users over two years. Google has now decided to shut down the social network.

Kanishk Karan

· Oct 13, 2018 · 07:30 am

Facebook sued in United States after it reveals security breach that affected about 50 million users

The suit was filed in a federal court in Northern California on Friday.

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· Sep 29, 2018 · 06:45 pm

Facebook using phone numbers provided by users to target them with advertisements, say reports

The social media company uses phone numbers not specifically provided for advertisement purposes along with information from a user’s contact list.

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· Sep 28, 2018 · 08:11 pm

Should Grindr users worry about what China will do with their data?

What to make of the popular gay dating app’s acquisition by a Chinese corporate group.

Guido Noto La Diega, The Conversation

· Sep 03, 2018 · 11:30 pm

WhatsApp rejects Centre’s plea to trace origins of messages spreading rumours, cites privacy policy

The company’s spokesperson said people use the app for all kinds of sensitive conversations, including with their doctors, banks and families.

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· Aug 23, 2018 · 06:57 pm