UK privacy watchdog launches investigation into GrokBritain's privacy watchdog on Tuesday launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk's Grok chatbot over the processing of personal data a...
03 Feb, 2026, 05.48 PM IST
UK launches investigation into TikTok, Reddit over children's personal data practicesThe watchdog said it is probing how ByteDance's short-form video-sharing platform TikTok uses 13-17-year-olds' personal information to sugg...
03 Mar, 2025, 10.26 AM IST
UK regulator criticises Google targeted adverts plansThe UK's data watchdog, the ICO, criticised Google's policy shift allowing "fingerprinting" to track users for targeted ads. This method, u...
19 Dec, 2024, 11.11 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
Meta will not launch Meta AI in Europe for nowMeta Platforms postpones Meta AI launch in Europe due to Irish privacy regulator's request on user data from Facebook and Instagram.
15 Jun, 2024, 09.10 AM IST
UK regulator says Google's ad-privacy changes fall short: reportWSJ reviews UK privacy regulator's critique of Google's Privacy Sandbox. Google plans to phase out third-party cookies by late 2024, under ...
19 Apr, 2024, 10.29 AM IST
Google to test new feature limiting advertisers' use of browser tracking cookiesThe search giant is set to roll out the feature, called Tracking Protection, on Jan. 4 to 1% of Chrome users globally, that will restrict c...
15 Dec, 2023, 07.22 AM IST
UK watchdog warns companies over AI use and privacyThe country's Information Commissioner, John Edwards, said at a speech on Wednesday that companies must protect their customer's personal i...
06 Dec, 2023, 06.46 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
UK begins investigation into Apple, Google's mobile browser dominanceThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Tuesday responses to its consultation from June revealed "substantial support" for a fu...
22 Nov, 2022, 05.44 PM IST
Google, adtech firms targets of fresh EU privacy complaintsAlphabet unit Google and digital advertising firms are the targets of fresh privacy complaints filed in six EU countries on Thursday over t...
10 Dec, 2020, 03.09 PM IST
Apple will roll out anti-tracking feature next year to tighten app privacyThe aim is to empower users to decide when or if they want to allow an app to track them.
09 Dec, 2020, 05.42 PM IST
Google faces regulatory scrutiny in Britain over 'Privacy Sandbox' advertising data revampMarketers for an Open Web, a coalition of technology and publishing companies, said Monday that it's urging the UK competition watchdog to ...
23 Nov, 2020, 09.48 PM IST
Rules on telecom data privacy, security & ownership in two weeks: RS SharmaSharma, however, declined to provide insights into the broad contours of the upcoming regulation, but added that the customers’ data in dig...
24 May, 2018, 02.05 PM IST
- Google admits 'spying' on British emails, computer passwords
Google has apologised for downloading personal data from wireless networks as its vehicles captured photos while collecting data for its St...
24 Oct, 2010, 08.34 PM IST
- UK privacy watchdog clears Google Street View
Britain's privacy watchdog says Google Street View should not be removed or shut down.
23 Apr, 2009, 07.30 PM IST