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Govt comes down heavily on Twitter, says lawful orders binding on any biz

Twitter said it has taken steps to reduce the visibility of hashtags containing harmful content, which included prohibiting them from trending on Twitter and appearing as recommended search terms

Personalised advertising and users' privacy can coexist: Facebook

Some people believe that services that rely on personalised ads are inherently harmful -- collecting more data than they need to provide value to people

Apple Inc delays debut of anti-tracking tool in iPhone software

Apple is delaying a new privacy feature in the next version of its iPhone operating system that will make it more difficult for app makers to track people online to help sell digital ads

Google tweaks privacy settings to keep less data on new users by default

The search giant said that starting Wednesday, it will automatically and continuously delete web and app activity and location history for new users after 18 months

Eight billion internet records of millions of users in Thailand leaked

The database, containing DNS queries and Netflow data, was lying on the internet without a password

Coronavirus-tracking smartphone apps raise concerns about privacy

Your location data is already likely being used that way by mobile operators to feed traffic information to map apps

IT parliamentary panel meets experts to discuss data security, privacy

It is learnt that the next meeting could be held in January, after which a report will be submitted

Encryption to stay, won't give 'backdoor' access: Facebook tells US govt

As a company that supports 2.7 billion users around the world, it is our responsibility to use the very best technology available to protect their privacy, Facebook said

Privacy risk: Report says India among 75 nations with AI surveillance tools

Even as right to privacy has been declared a fundamental right, India does not have a personal data protection law yet

A paranoid guide to fighting the 'bugging epidemic'

With surveillance gear cheaper and easier to use, security experts say checking your environment for cameras and microphones is not a crazy idea

Amazon workers in India, Romania could be watching Cloud Cam home footage

Teams working on the Cloud Cam programme have picked up activity homeowners are unlikely to want shared, including rare instances of people having sex.

The Right to Forget

Delicate balance between privacy and free expression

Protecting privacy

Data must be treated as personal property of an individual

Facebook, Tesla want to read your mind: here's why you should be worried

If mind-reading devices become the normal way to interact with computers, we may end up with little choice but to use them in order to keep up with more productive colleagues

In charts: Why privacy for internet users in urban India is so important

The survey was conducted among a sample size of 1,520 users across 15 Indian cities. Some of the findings of the survey are quite interesting in this context

EC demand for more power in IT law panned by industry, civil society

The proposed changes include asking companies to notify users about their privacy policies at least once every month

Children should not have to sacrifice their privacy for education

Laws offer students very little protection against the wiles of the technology industry

If privacy is dead, some argue people should sell their own data

Facebook could distribute digital tokens to its 2.2 billion users in return for the intimate information used by advertisers on the social network every day

Aadhaar's Orwellian threat

The discussion on India begins with a fascinating analysis of how the Constituent Assembly debated including privacy as a fundamental right

Opposite view

Right to privacy must be preserved