What to know about online age verification lawsThe US Supreme Court has upheld a Texas law requiring age verification on pornographic websites to block under-18s. Critics, including digi...
28 Jun, 2025, 08.11 AM IST
Google agrees to pay $1.4 billion to settle two privacy lawsuitsGoogle's settlement is the latest legal setback for the tech giant. Over the past two years, Google has lost a string of antitrust cases af...
10 May, 2025, 08.09 AM IST
Google can question Texas officials in privacy lawsuit, appeals court rulesThe Texas appeals court has ruled in favor of Google, allowing the company to question Texas officials regarding a lawsuit that claims Goog...
18 Jan, 2025, 10.31 AM IST
Meta Platforms to pay $1.4 billion to settle Texas lawsuit over facial recognition dataThe terms of the settlement, disclosed on Tuesday, marks the largest accord ever by any single state, according to the lawyers for Texas, w...
30 Jul, 2024, 07.46 PM IST
TikTok attorney: China can't get US data under planByteDance's most known app, TikTok, is under intense scrutiny over concerns it could hand over user data to the Chinese government or push ...
01 Apr, 2023, 11.33 AM IST
TikTok ban had 'side benefit' of getting his kids off platform: Canada PM Justin TrudeauTrudeau, 51, has three children, two of whom are teenagers. His government announced its ban last month, saying the platform has an "unacce...
25 Mar, 2023, 09.09 PM IST
TikTok CEO-US Congressional hearing: five things to knowThe US lawmakers were unconvinced with most of what CEO Shou Zi Chew said as they questioned him on data security and user safety while he ...
24 Mar, 2023, 04.04 PM IST
TikTok CEO commitments not enough for the parents of America: US lawmakerCEO Shou Zi Chew's testimony before Congress capped a week of actions by the Chinese company aimed at convincing Americans and their lawmak...
23 Mar, 2023, 09.08 PM IST
Why TikTok's security risks keep raising fearsTikTok is owned by parent company ByteDance, which has offices in Beijing. The platform has 150 million American users but it's been dogged...
23 Mar, 2023, 08.39 PM IST
TikTok CEO rebuts Chinese spying allegations to skeptical Congress panelCEO Shou Zi Chew's testimony before Congress capped a week of actions by the Chinese company aimed at convincing Americans and their lawmak...
23 Mar, 2023, 08.36 PM IST
India set an important precedent by banning TikTok: FCC commissioner Brendan CarrIn an exclusive interview with ET, US FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said “banning TikTok is a natural next step in our efforts to secure co...
02 Jan, 2023, 07.20 AM IST
For sale on eBay: a military database of fingerprints and iris scansA device which was listed on eBay for $149.95 and was designed to capture fingerprints and perform iris scans, is a relic of the vast biome...
27 Dec, 2022, 07.04 PM IST
Texas sues Google for capturing biometric data of millions without consentTexas sues Google for allegedly capturing biometric data of millions without consent
21 Oct, 2022, 04.38 PM IST
Texas sues Meta's Facebook over facial-recognition practicesThe lawsuit accuses Facebook of capturing biometric information from photos and videos that users uploaded without consent, disclosing the ...
15 Feb, 2022, 08.59 AM IST
Indian startups Druva, ITTIAM, Serial Innovations, Mistral, Inttelix Security bagging global customersET profiles five top technology companies that are on the path to firmly establish India as the product hub of the world.
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- SmartCards 2009 Expo debates on UID project
The government may use biometric features like iris scan and hand geometry for recording secondary details for UID.
12 Sep, 2009, 06.24 PM IST
- eInfochips'c HBA device standard at ariports
Access Granted eInfochips’ new biometric handheld device is already the standard at many international airports across the world.
25 Aug, 2008, 12.00 AM IST