privacy

Indian Gov’t Wants WhatsApp Message Access To Fight Crime
Indian Gov’t Wants WhatsApp Message Access To Fight Crime
February 14, 2019  |  Mobile

India’s government is pressuring Facebook for access to WhatsApp’s encrypted messages. Last year, rumors and fake videos spread on WhatsApp, leading to about two dozen lynchings....

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Facebook, Google Pressured In India Over Privacy, Taxes
Facebook, Google Pressured In India Over Privacy, Taxes
February 12, 2019  |  Regulation

Indian activists with the New Delhi-based Centre For Accountability And Systemic Change (CASC) and right-wing activist K.N. Govindacharya have asked lawmakers in India to call...

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Twitter CEO Dorsey Summoned To Appear Before Indian Parliamentary Panel
Twitter CEO Dorsey Summoned To Appear Before Indian Parliamentary Panel
February 11, 2019  |  International

Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey is being summoned by an Indian Parliamentary panel that wants him to appear later in February. According to a report...

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Revolut Runs Into Trouble With Ad That Highlights Transactions
Revolut Runs Into Trouble With Ad That Highlights Transactions
February 08, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Revolut, the U.K. FinTech that has been growing at a rapid pace, was forced to acknowledge it made up stats for a recent advertising campaign....

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Apple Stops Devs From Recording User App Activity
Apple Stops Devs From Recording User App Activity
February 08, 2019  |  Apple

Apple has ordered app developers to remove or make public their use of a code that allows them to record how a user interacts with...

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Apple Removes Safari Location Tracking, Disrupting AR/VR
Apple Removes Safari Location Tracking, Disrupting AR/VR
February 06, 2019  |  Apple

An update in Apple’s Safari browser might disrupt augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) experiences. A document published to Apple’s developer site revealed that the next...

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WhatsApp Brings More Security To iOS Users
WhatsApp Brings More Security To iOS Users
February 04, 2019  |  Mobile Applications

WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging app, now supports the biometric authentication technologies of Apple. A tech publication reported that people updating to the newest version of WhatsApp...

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Facebook Hit With Three State Probes Over Privacy Violations
Facebook Hit With Three State Probes Over Privacy Violations
February 01, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook is now being investigated by at least three additional states regarding the alleged mishandling of user data. According to Bloomberg, Attorneys General in Pennsylvania,...

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Google GDPR Complaint Suggests Personal Data Misuse
Google GDPR Complaint Suggests Personal Data Misuse
January 28, 2019  |  Regulation

A General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) complaint shows that Google may have misused people’s personal data and categorized them in highly sensitive ways, according to reports....

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