Apple, Google push for judicial oversight in Canada online safety billApple and Google are urging Canada to amend Bill C-22, seeking judicial oversight to prevent secret orders that could force them to break e...
27 May, 2026, 08.02 AM IST
‘I don’t worry about a robot takeover’: Oxford AI expert Michael Wooldridge on Big Tech's real threats, and surprising winsAI expert Michael Wooldridge argues that the public's fears of robot takeovers are misplaced. Instead, he highlights how powerful tech comp...
21 May, 2026, 08.09 PM IST
Apple, Meta warn Canadian bill could force them to weaken encryptionApple and Meta are opposing Canada's Bill C-22, arguing it could force them to break device and service encryption. Law enforcement claims ...
08 May, 2026, 09.43 AM IST
UK investigates after big health dataset listed for sale on China's AlibabaBritain is probing the appearance of UK Biobank data on China's Alibaba. The health charity's anonymised data from 500,000 volunteers was l...
23 Apr, 2026, 06.35 PM IST
Meta’s AI smart glasses under scrutiny after investigation reveals sensitive contentContract workers reviewing videos for data annotation reportedly encountered highly sensitive material, including bank information, nudity,...
05 Mar, 2026, 09.59 PM IST
UK privacy watchdog fines Reddit $20 million over children's data failuresBritain’s privacy watchdog has fined Reddit $19.52 million for failures linked to children’s privacy. The Information Commissioner's Office...
24 Feb, 2026, 05.15 PM IST
Beware! Period‑tracking apps present major privacy threats, new report warnsA University of Cambridge‑led report highlights that period‑tracking apps, downloaded over 250 million times, turn menstrual data into valu...
11 Jun, 2025, 12.10 PM IST
Apple says halting data protection tool for UK usersApple said on Friday it could no longer offer full end-to-end encryption for British customers and iPhone users, following US media reports...
21 Feb, 2025, 10.10 PM IST
Facebook-parent Meta settles with Australia's privacy watchdog over Cambridge Analytica lawsuitAustralia's privacy regulator has been caught up in the legal battle with Meta since 2020. The personal data of 311,127 Australian Facebook...
17 Dec, 2024, 09.58 AM IST
Meta to start using public posts on Facebook, Instagram in UK to train AIMeta will use public posts including photos, captions and comments to train its generative artificial intelligence models, it said on Frida...
14 Sep, 2024, 07.49 PM IST
Snapchat's AI chatbot may pose privacy risk to children, says UK watchdogSnapchat's artificial intelligence chatbot, "My AI," may face a ban in the UK if the company fails to address concerns about privacy risks ...
07 Oct, 2023, 08.34 AM IST
$3.7-billion UK mass action against Facebook over market dominance rejected - for nowHowever, a London tribunal gave the proposed claimants' lawyers up to six months to "have another go" at establishing any alleged losses by...
21 Feb, 2023, 01.13 AM IST
UK could fine TikTok $29 million for failing to protect children's privacyThe Information Commissioner's Office has issued TikTok and TikTok Information Technologies UK Ltd with a "notice of intent", the regulator...
26 Sep, 2022, 04.19 PM IST
UK data rules to ease burden on business, cut cookie warningsThe government said it believed the new rules would not stop the free flow of data with the European Union and lawyers said Britain was ado...
17 Jun, 2022, 08.59 AM IST
India pushed draft data protection with dynamism: UK Information CommissionerData, according to The UK Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham, is an asset of the fourth industrial revolution and privacy had emerge...
13 Dec, 2018, 07.08 AM IST
Protecting privacy & innovative use of data cannot be a trade-off: UK’s Digital Secretary Matt HancockHancock thinks there is a very important role here for rules, whether that is legislative rules or norms of behaviors, so that big tech com...
14 May, 2018, 04.13 PM IST
Visa limits & data safety: Indian IT wants PM Modi to play ambassador in UKInformation technology companies are hoping that PM Modi’s visit to the UK later this week will lead to a constructive political engagement.
11 Nov, 2015, 11.41 AM IST