Page 15 - Data Privacy

India asks for record access to Facebook users' data in 2020 1st half

The requests by Indian govt to seek access to Facebook users' data further increased in the first six months of this year, second only to the US government, the social networking giant has revealed

Privacy activists in EU file complaints against Apple over iPhone tracking

European privacy activists have filed complaints against Apple over its use of software to track the behavior of iPhone users. The Vienna-based group NOYB - short for none of your business - said Monday that it has asked data protection authorities in Germany and Spain to examine the legality of Apple's tracking codes. The codes, known as IDFA or Identifier for Advertisers, are similar to the cookies that websites use to store information on user behavior. NOYB says the iOS operating system creates unique codes for each iPhone that allow Apple and other third parties to identify users across applications and even connect online and mobile behaviour. The group argues that this amounts to tracking without users' knowledge or consent, a practice that is banned under the European Union's electronic privacy rules. Tracking is only allowed if users explicitly consent to it, said Stefano Rossetti, a lawyer for NOYB. The privacy group said it is currently reviewing a similar system used b

Zoom to enhance security as part of proposed US settlement with FTC

The FTC said in a statement that the company would face fines of up to $43,280 for each future violation under the agreement

Parliament joint committee summons Facebook, Twitter over data privacy

Representatives of Facebook India have been asked to appear on Friday before the Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, chaired by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi

Digital health mission faces privacy and infrastructure concerns

The National Digital Health Mission (NDHM), as it is called, aims to provide people with a unique, digital health identifier, gathering all records in a unified system

Bharti Airtel blames contentious privacy policy wording on clerical error

Bharti Airtel has said it does not collect any personal info pertaining to genetic data, religious or political beliefs and sexual orientation, as the telco drew flak over its privacy policy

Irish privacy regulator investigates Instagram over children's data

Ireland's Data Protection Commission said it launched the investigations in September after receiving complaints about the company

Proposed health data policy puts question mark on privacy concerns

The propesed policy is built on the foundations of legislation that doesn't exist. It also seems to be more concerned about monetisation of such data, than with the protection of privacy

Spies can snoop on phone data in a crisis: European Union's top court

Privacy rights advocacy groups brought the case and the outcome is likely to reverberate outside the EU as governments in the United States and China have ramped up surveillance tools

Mukesh Ambani pitches for new regulation to protect data, ensure privacy

Speaking at RAISE 2020 summit, Ambani said the time is ripe, and the tools ready to make India a world leader in AI and to make AI work for all Indians

Delhi Assembly vs Facebook: Is the social media giant answerable to states?

Facebook has argued that the Delhi Assembly can't summon a non-member to appear before it, since 'police and 'public order' do not fall within its ambit

Your WhatsApp messages are encrypted, but are they really secure?

Apart from physical access to handsets, metadata and backups are two common ways in which private communications can be broken

Growing cyber-risks

India needs strong privacy legislation

What, where, and when: Here's how data collectors track all details

Anonymised data, picked up in several ways, cater to large complex markets

Singapore watchdog fines Grab S$10,000 for 4th user data privacy violation

Singapore's privacy watchdog fined ride-hailing app Grabcar S$10,000, saying a 2019 update put the data of some users at risk of unauthorised access

Swiss official voices concerns about inadequate data protection in US

Switzerland is not an EU member, but often mirrors or lines up with the positions of the 27-member bloc that all but surrounds the wealthy Alpine country

Centre frames draft policy on data privacy under Digital Health Mission

The government has proposed a framework and a set of minimum standards for data privacy protection to be followed across the board in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Kerala HC allows police to access call data records of Covid-19 patients

The court, however, directed the police that CDR details collected should not be used for any other purpose

Instagram faces lawsuit over illegal harvesting of biometric data

In the new lawsuit, filed Monday in state court in Redwood City, California, the company is accused of collecting, storing and profiting from the biometrics of more than 100 million Instagram users

French data privacy watchdog opens preliminary investigation into TikTok

TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, is already under investigation over privacy concerns by US, European Union and Dutch authorities