Privacy

India's data protection law has changed access to personal information under RTI, prompting concerns over investigative journalism, transparency and the scope of the public-interest test

Meta's Muse AI let users generate images using public Instagram profiles. Days after launch, the company withdrew the feature following criticism over consent, privacy and impersonation risks

In this session, Gaurav Banka, Chief Risk Officer, Aviva India, talks about the insurance sector and provides career tips to the B-Schoolers.

Instagram will discontinue end-to-end encrypted direct messages on 8 May 2026, after which encrypted chats on Instagram will no longer be supported.

After a dispute with Anthropic over guardrails on Claude tools used by the military, President Donald Trump announced a federal agency-wide ban with a six-month phaseout period

TikTok is staying in the United States under a new American-led joint venture. But instead of relief, the announcement has triggered skepticism.

"Given Sanchar Saathi's increasing acceptance, the government has decided not to make the pre-installation mandatory for mobile manufacturers"

A government clarification has come after strong criticism from the Opposition over the mandatory pre-installation of the Sanchar Saathi cybersecurity app on smartphones.

Social media companies use complex algorithms to prioritise content and keep users engaged

The iconic 66 Perry Street stoop in Manhattan, made famous by Sex and the City, will soon feature a gate to address privacy concerns amid rising fan visits

Over 200 participants, including key government officials from various ministries, industry leaders, legal experts, and policymakers, discussed the rules

Increasing incidents of data breaches, growing public awareness for privacy, and a series of fines have raised the agency's profile

Experts cited that disclosing an individual's income tax returns constitutes a violation of their fundamental right to privacy as recognized by the Indian Constitution

The move came amid mounting criticism from users about Meta's no-ads subscription service launched in Europe in November which critics say requires users to pay a fee to ensure their privacy

DynamoFL on Wednesday announced that it has closed a USD 15.1-million funding round. Nexus Venture Partners and Canapi Ventures led the latest round, which also saw participation from other investors, the company said in a release. "The round, co-led by Nexus Venture Partners and Canapi Ventures, also had participation from Formus Capital, Soma Capital, and angel investors Vojtech Jina, Apple's privacy-preserving machine learning (ML) lead, Tolga Erbay, Head of Governance, Risk and Compliance at Dropbox and Charu Jangid, product leader at Snowflake, to name a few," the release said. The release said that DynamoFL has closed a USD 15.1 million 'series A' funding round to meet demand for its privacy- and compliance-focused generative AI solutions. The funding will primarily be used to scale up DynamoFL's team of machine learning scientists and privacy experts to continue to grow DynamoFL's technology moat in privacy-preserving generative AI. The company's flagship technology, which

Microsoft has introduced new security features for Windows 11, including new app privacy settings and glanceable VPN

Verification in India will be carried out by a third-party company and will ensure privacy

WhatsApp allows users to choose who can add them to groups, which enhances privacy. It also stops people from adding users to groups they don't want to be a part of

Aaradhya is the daughter of actors Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and is frequently photographed accompanying them at public events

BRS leader K Kavitha Tuesday said she has submitted the phones used by her so far to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as she appeared for questioning before the agency in the Delhi excise policy linked money laundering case. In a letter to the ED, the 44-year-old MLC daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, said "These phones are submitted without prejudice to my right and contentions and larger contentions whether a woman's phone can be intruded, in the teeth of her right to privacy". Before she entered the agency office, Kavitha flashed some mobile phones kept in a transparent sheet, and said she was going to submit them to the ED. Referring to the agency's allegation in its first charge sheet filed in this case last year that Kavitha was using at least two mobile numbers whose IMEI changed 10 times, Kavitha said, "It is baffling to note as to how, why and under what such circumstances agency made such allegations when I was not even summoned or asked any question