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Mark Zuckerberg suspends Jack Sweeney's accounts tracking celebs private jets

Mark Zuckerberg has suspended college student's Instagram and Threads accounts that were tracking jets of celebrities.

On X, Jack Sweeney complained that his @elonmusksjet account had been “blacked out” without providing a reason.(Forbes)

Published on Oct 22, 2024 10:30 PM IST

ByShweta Kukreti

Tech Tonic | At what point does all the AI, become too much AI?

There was a simpler time when our collective data on the World Wide Web was harvested, to serve us ads. Now it is also about cultivating a sense of AI supremacy

An AI (Artificial Intelligence) sign is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/(REUTERS)

Published on Oct 20, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByVishal Mathur

Threads vs Twitter: Which social media app has more control over users' data?

Meta has launched Threads app, a text-based version of Instagram. The app has gained popularity, although it has faced criticism for its privacy policy.

Tech titans Zuckerberg and Musk are engaged in a fierce business rivalry that has even spilt over into a playground spat.(AFP)

Published on Jul 07, 2023 04:34 PM IST

BySingh Rahul Sunilkumar | Edited by Kunal Gaurav

In the era of AI, focus shifts to management of data collected from users

Google’s new privacy policy, which gives it the right to use scraped data to train its AI models, raises questions on how user data are collected, managed and handled

For representational purposes only. (Google Image)

Updated on Jul 05, 2023 04:43 PM IST

ByVishal Mathur

Google Play Store updates policy to make app data removal easier

To tighten up privacy concerns Google is set to introduce new policy mandating apps in its Play Store to allow easy access to data deletion.

Google Play Store

Updated on Apr 07, 2023 11:03 PM IST

New personal data protection bill ‘at the earliest’: Govt to SC

According to a short affidavit submitted by the Centre before a constitution bench, the Union ministry for electronics and technology (MeitY) has floated the Digital Data Protection Bill, 2022, and initiated the process of consultation with the public and other stakeholders.

In its affidavit, the government further pointed out that there are existing rules framed under the Information Technology Act, casting an obligation on intermediaries as well as body corporates handling sensitive personal data to ascertain protection of such data. (HT)

Updated on Jan 17, 2023 04:35 AM IST

ByUtkarsh Anand, New Delhi

Microsoft to roll out ‘data boundary’ for EU customers from January 1

"As we dived deeper into this project, we learned that we needed to be taken more phased approach," Julie Brill, Microsoft’s Chief Privacy Officer.

Published on Dec 16, 2022 08:53 AM IST

Reuters | | Posted by Singh Rahul Sunilkumar

This tool helps secure users data on Google: Report

The app developed by Bert Hubert, will make a beeping noise whenever the computer sends data to Google.

Google has come under criticism for tracking users' data.(REUTERS)

Published on Aug 24, 2022 02:48 PM IST

TikTok is not handing over American users' data to China: CEO

In response to earlier inquiries from US authorities, TikTok had indicated in mid-June that all of its data on US-based users were now stored on US-based servers operated by the American company Oracle.

The social media company responded by letter Thursday to questions from nine Republican US senators about its data storage and access policies.(File photo)

Published on Jul 02, 2022 09:56 PM IST

AFP |

Twitter's updated privacy policy comes into effect today. All you need to know

In a blog post informing users of its updated terms of service, Twitter notes the changes in its privacy policy -- which includes those around Twitter Blue, Twitter Spaces, payment features, and the like.

The updated privacy policy comes into effect from August 19, 2021, Twitter informed in a blog post on its official website. (Representational Image)

Published on Aug 19, 2021 06:17 AM IST

Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

'No deferment of May 15 privacy policy deadline': WhatsApp to Delhi HC

The petitioners sought directions to the Centre to ask WhatsApp to either roll back their policy or provide an option to the users of their platform to opt-out of the January 4, 2021 update.

The icon of WhatsApp messaging application is seen on a phone screen.(Reuters File Photo)

Published on May 17, 2021 12:47 PM IST

Reported by Richa Banka | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Privacy row: Delhi high court seeks CCI stand on Facebook, WhatsApp appeals

A Delhi high court bench of chief justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh issued notice to the CCI which had ordered the probe and sought its response on the appeals of Facebook and WhatsApp by May 21, the next date of hearing.

The Delhi high court had earlier said it saw no merit in the petitions of Facebook and WhatsApp to interdict the investigation directed by the CCI. (Representational Image)

Published on May 06, 2021 12:49 PM IST

PTI |

Govt wants WhatsApp privacy policy blocked

The govt also told the court that the new privacy policy does not provide opportunity to review or amend the full information submitted by a user, pointing out that changes allowed to be made are limited to the name, picture, mobile number and “about” information.

The controversy relates to the company’s decision in January to enforce a new privacy policy that will allow it to share some data about users’ interactions with business accounts with its parent company Facebook, and that accepting these terms were mandatory in order to use the service.(Reuters)

Updated on Mar 20, 2021 07:34 AM IST

ByRicha Banka, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Centre tells its employees to download Aarogya Setu app

The measure comes ahead of what may be a phased return-to-work period over the next month when the nationwide lockdown meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is relaxed in some places.

The order, issued by the Department of Personnel and Training, instructed joint secretaries (administration) across departments to ensure the directions are strictly followed.(ANI Photo)

Updated on Apr 30, 2020 01:06 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByDeeksha Bhardwaj, New Delhi

77% of youngsters project fake image on Internet: Study

Half of the users said that social media use determined their mood — 45% agreed that getting likes or followers on the social media makes them happy while 51% said they feel anxious or socially cut-off when they cannot access their social networking sites.

The survey, conducted among 1,000 youngsters between the age group of 16-25, was conducted as part of the students’ project for the semester and took them over two months to get the results.(Getty Images/iStockphoto( Representational Image))

Updated on Sep 18, 2019 11:51 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByShreya Bhandary

Notice, consent, privacy: Why we need to do better

A user’s interaction with privacy policies faces many blocks. The most basic is the barrier of accessibility.

Each time a person clicks the “I agree” button she has presumably conducted a reasoned trade-off between her desired level of privacy and the value being derived from the service in question.(AP)

Published on Aug 21, 2019 08:33 AM IST

BySmriti Parsheera

Google, Facebook secretly tracking your porn-viewing habits

In 2017, Pornhub, one of the largest porn websites, received 28.5 billion visits, with users performing 50,000 searches per second on the site.

A new joint study investigated 22,484 sex websites using a tool called webXray.(Unsplash)

Updated on Jul 19, 2019 12:50 PM IST

Indo Asian News Service | ByIndo Asian News Service, New York

Apple, Google remove 3 dating apps targeting kids

Meet24, FastMeet and Meet4U have been removed after they appeared to be in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and the FTC Act by act after asking for the personal details of minors under 13 without verifiable parental permission.

Apple and Google have removed three dating apps from their online stores after the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleged the apps allowed kids as young as 12 to access them.(Representative Image/AFP File Photo)

Published on May 07, 2019 11:43 AM IST

Washington | ByIndo-Asian News Service

India seeks access to private messages in WhatsApp crackdown

In the latest skirmish, the government is targeting Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp, the popular messaging service increasingly important to its parent’s bottom line

WhatsApp spokesman Carl Woog said the government’s demands run counter to the company’s privacy policies and compliance would mean ending the service’s privacy protections.(Bloomberg)

Updated on Feb 13, 2019 05:10 PM IST

BySaritha Rai, Bloomberg

Data protection norms will change the digital domain

The next wave of technology will help debug the virulence of some online media

Among the potential benefits of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation will be flagging fake news, by not allowing bad actors easy access to target demographics.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on May 25, 2018 06:25 PM IST

ByAnirudh Bhattacharyya

Users should not be forced to sign terms of consent on social media sites: Parliamentary panel

In aftermath of the data breach by Cambridge Analytica, the parliamentary panel members said the social media giants such as Facebook and Twitter should simplify their ‘Terms of Use’ and ‘Privacy Policy.

The parliamentary panel was looking into the breach of data by Cambridge Analytica on Wednesday.(File photo)

Updated on May 09, 2018 10:29 PM IST

Press Trust of India, New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

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