A username could one day suffice as your addressIndia is creating a unique username-based digital addressing system. This initiative, led by India Post, aims to simplify sending and recei...
14 May, 2026, 08.45 AM IST
Digital to real estate: Umiya Buildcon bets on telecom and realtyUmiya Buildcon Limited is leveraging strong momentum in its telecom and networking business alongside steady gains in premium real estate t...
06 May, 2026, 11.03 AM IST
Do recruiters check your social media? What hiring managers really look forCompanies now check social media profiles before hiring. Recruiters look for how candidates communicate and present themselves online. This...
01 May, 2026, 10.27 AM IST
Inside WhatsApp's measures to curb digital arrest scamsWhatsApp is using AI to combat digital arrest scams, banning thousands of impersonating accounts. Authorities are working to prevent signif...
29 Apr, 2026, 05.25 PM IST
Infanticide case at Foxconn exposes workplace welfare gaps, spurs calls for reformsA tragic infanticide at Foxconn's Devanahalli unit highlights critical gaps in mental health awareness, workplace support, and reproductive...
27 Apr, 2026, 04.14 PM IST
EU to soon roll out age-check app for social media where India could be looking to followEuropean Union is launching an age-verification app to shield children online. India's Karnataka state has banned social media for under-16...
15 Apr, 2026, 04.13 PM IST
Beyond KYC: Why digital trust needs real-time intelligenceAshok Hariharan of IDfy argues that digital trust must evolve beyond one-time KYC to continuous, intelligence-led risk assessment across th...
14 Apr, 2026, 10.12 AM IST
IAMAI sees ‘overreach’ in NHRC’s notice to MeitY over AI companies' DPDP breachesThe Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has written to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), voicing...
01 Apr, 2026, 09.37 AM IST
- Privacy Policy for Economictimes.com11 Sep, 2024, 04.34 PM IST
WhatsApp moves SC against HC order on CCI's privacy probeIn 2021, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) ordered a probe into the then-new privacy policy of WhatsApp for alleged abuse of market...
08 Oct, 2022, 09.46 AM IST
CCI probe into Whatsapp's anti-trust practices delayed as company holds back infoCCI commissioned an investigation into Whatsapp’s new privacy policy in March 2021 but the company has neither supplied documents sought no...
30 May, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
India again tells WhatsApp to can its privacy policy, serves seven-day noticeThe Ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY) has shot off a second letter to Facebook-owned WhatsApp to withdraw its new privacy policy, and ...
20 May, 2021, 12.37 PM IST
India wants WhatsApp privacy policy changes withdrawnThe WhatsApp privacy policy changes "raise grave concerns regarding the implications for the choice and autonomy of Indian citizens" MeitY ...
20 Jan, 2021, 11.20 AM IST
Judge recuses from hearing petition against WhatsAppDelhi HC's Single Judge Bench of Justice Prathiba Singh takes strong objection to an email sent by firm to court master
16 Jan, 2021, 06.15 AM IST
Privacy rules of payment firmsFurther, the Srikrishna Committee, formed to look into privacy issues, has suggested compulsory storage of critical personal data within In...
19 Sep, 2018, 09.39 AM IST
Indian startups still don’t take data privacy seriously. Srikrishna Committee may change it soonAn evaluation of the ‘privacy policy’ of top apps show that privacy policies are generic, not available in Indian languages, and offer no e...
18 Jun, 2018, 11.47 AM IST
Government washes hands of Google's new privacy policyThe govt has more or less washed its hands of Google's new privacy policy that is being criticised in Europe and elsewhere.
10 Apr, 2012, 03.48 PM IST