Page 9 - Data Privacy

What is your 'right to be forgotten'?

After the West, nuanced debates on the 'right to be forgotten' by the internet have started in India too. So far, they are limited to the corridors of courts. Find out the developments around it

Personal data bill not enough to protect citizens' rights: Advocacy group

Legislation that Parliament's Winter Session will take up next week wades into areas beyond ambit given to it, say experts.

Pak's main citizenry database compromised: Top security agency to Par panel

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) informed a Parliament panel about the breach

PDP Bill: Govt committed to protecting privacy of individuals, says IT Min

IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw asserted that the proposed data protection Bill will further strengthen the legal framework around privacy

Will 'Facebook papers' be final nudge for social media regulations?

The Facebook papers show Facebook should have done a lot more to curb the spread of hate and violence around the world. Will it be the final nudge for bringing in regulations for social media?

Facebook ad revenue seen feeling brunt of Apple privacy changes

Ad revenue of Facebook, the second-largest digital ad platform in the world after Alphabet Inc's Google, is most likely to be hit compared with the company's tech peers

Rise in cloud adoption necessitates relook at security infrastructure

In the past year, a staggering 88% of Indian organisations suffered a business-impacting cyberattack, with 56% of respondents indicating the attacks targeted remote workers

Data privacy, safeguarding client details important: FM Sitharaman

Sitharaman added that safeguard of client data is the backbone to bringing trust

In confidential computing, even we can't access your data: top IBM exec

In a Q&A, Dr Nataraj Nagaratnam, CTO, IBM Cloud Security says the client's data is always the client's, and that his firm does not use their data for anything else whatsoever

Apple fires manager who complained about workplace harassment, safety

Company tells Ashley Gjovik her employment was terminated for violating policies including the disclosure of confidential information

WhatsApp fined $266 mn by Irish regulator over data transparency breaches

The fine comes weeks after Amazon.com Inc. was hit with a record 746 million-euro penalty in Luxembourg, where it has its European base

Parliamentary panel's proposed VPN ban draws flak from users, industry

A ban would open the door to increased censorship, including blocks to popular apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter that a VPN would be able to circumvent, say experts

China passes new personal data privacy law, to take effect Nov. 1

The law's passage completes another pillar in the country's efforts to regulate cyberspace and is expected to add more compliance requirements for companies in the country.

How one simple rule change could curb online retailers' snooping

All the policies contain vague, confusing terms and give consumers no real choice about how their data are collected, used and disclosed when they shop on these websites

Google restricts ad targeting based on age, gender of people under-18

It also said it would turn off its "location history" feature, which tracks location data, for users under 18 globally

Mozilla slams Facebook for banning accounts of third-party researchers

Firefox browser developer Mozilla has slammed Facebook for terminating the accounts of New York University researchers, saying that the claims made by the social network simply do not hold water

How Facebook plans to make Instagram safer for teenagers and more

Instagram will promote the concept of private account among youngsters, flag "potentially suspicious accounts"

iPhone, iPad users must update operating software: India's cyber agency

Attackers could take control of an affected device, says CERT-In in advisory

Opposition parties disrupt Parliament, seek probe into Pegasus

Shouting out slogans agai­nst Modi's govt, the Opp­osition members said they wanted an independent probe into the complaints of spying and the resignation of HM Amit Shah

How the Mastercard incident highlights need for regulating digital trade

The Indian central bank pulled the plug on the US payments network for alleged noncompliance with its controversial local data storage rules introduced three years ago