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From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social media accessNations worldwide are enacting strict rules for social media access by children. Australia has banned platforms for those under 16. Britain...- Are you affected? Medicare breach may expose Social Security Numbers — steps to check nowThe Medicare data leak has triggered fresh fears around Social Security number exposure and identity theft across the United States. A publ...
- YouTube to roll out AI age checks, and teens won’t like what’s comingYouTube is launching a new AI-powered age verification system in the U.S. that estimates users’ ages by verifying their viewing habits. Thi...
- EU court adviser backs WhatsApp in fight against EU privacy watchdogA lower tribunal rejected WhatsApp's challenge against the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) in 2022, saying it has no legal standing t...
- Genetic goldmine? Privacy crisis looms as millions of people’s DNA could be sold following 23andMe facing bankruptcy and uncertain futureDNA testing firm 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy. There are concerns about the safety of customer genetic data, with some experts advising...
- One Tech Tip: How to block your phone from tracking your locationSmartphones can track your location using various signals, raising privacy concerns. Experts advise turning off location tracking when not ...
- Why fair and responsible AI is non-negotiable for consumer welfareInvestments in hardware, software, skilling initiatives, and awareness building are essential for a holistic AI ecosystem. Collaboration am...
- Civil rights audit at Google proposes better tackling of hate speech, misinformationThe review also said that to better tackle misinformation related to elections, the company should ensure that employees with language flue...
- 'New data protection bill likely to be tabled in winter session'The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 was withdrawn on August 3 after a Joint Committee of Parliament sought 81 changes and 12 "major rec...
- Experts flag lack of laws on govt use of citizen dataThey pointed out that the current Information Technology Act, 2000 governs usage of personal data by private corporations but there is no p...
- 2021 Year in Review | India’s data protection bill: It’s not just personalHere are the major developments around data protection rules in India this year.
- Government introduces data protection bill in Lok Sabha, to send it to joint select committeeAs opposition parties such as the Congress and the TMC attacked the government in the Lok Sabha for a growing "snooping industry" under its...
- Next CJI Justice S A Bobde, the SC judge who heard several key cases, now in Ayodhya benchJustice Bobde, the second senior-most judge in the apex court, will succeed incumbent Ranjan Gogoi who will demit office on Nov 17. The 63-...
- A sweeping reset is in the works to bring India in line with fintech's riseA high-level panel has proposed a comprehensive legal framework for consumer protection in the fintech age.
- Big tech is in a knot over data localisation normsDraft ecommerce policy mandates storing of data of Indian citizens exclusively in the country; ecommerce firms may get a little elbow room ...
- Srikrishna Committee Report: Draft bill gets mixed response from experts“A lot of the inspiration for the Srikrishna committee comes from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),” said Sunil Abraham, execu...
- Right of Internet access is non-negotiable: Ravi Shankar PrasadPrasad said the idea behind Free Basics was that everything will be free, namely eduction, health, entertainment and others, if one enters ...
- Centre, Election Commission at loggerheads in SC on vote counting issueEC tells SC that it was against booth-wise declaration of vote count in polls and asked the Centre to amend rules to introduce cluster coun...
- Delhi HC orders WhatsApp to scrub off user data once the app is uninstalledThe judges asked WhatsApp to delete information of users who do not want to remain on it and not share any information with FB after the ac...
- Facebook launches ad platformFacebook on Tuesday began delivering ads to members based on what they do and who they know, following in the footsteps of social networkin...
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