No, the Iran war won’t ground your European holiday flightA commentary on the US-Iran conflict says European summer flights are unlikely to face major disruptions for now, despite earlier fears ove...
18 May, 2026, 09.55 AM IST
Insurance dark patterns: How customers pay higher premiums and buy unnecessary add-ons online, explain Deloitte India’s Aakash Sharma & Suchintan ChatterjeeDeloitte India’s Aakash Sharma & Suchintan Chatterjee talk to Yasmin Hussain on insurance dark patterns.
27 Apr, 2026, 06.30 AM IST
WhatsApp wins court backing to challenge $268 million Irish privacy fineMeta Platforms' WhatsApp on Tuesday won backing from Europe's top court for its challenge to a fine that was increased to 225 million euros...
10 Feb, 2026, 05.45 PM IST
Rs 2,49,246.61 gone in minutes: India’s new traffic challan scam is emptying bank accounts; Here’s how to stay safeCybercriminals are exploiting fear and urgency with fake traffic challan messages, leading victims to fraudulent payment pages. An elderly ...
24 Jan, 2026, 02.15 PM IST
CCI vs Meta; ED uncovers Amazon, Flipkart seller linksMeta plans to appeal the penalty levied by the competition watchdog regarding WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policy. This and more in today's ETte...
19 Nov, 2024, 07.47 PM IST
Delhi government to launch smart payment system for vehicle challans via WhatsAppThe Delhi government will introduce an automated system for paying traffic fines via WhatsApp. Vehicle owners will receive details of viola...
27 Oct, 2024, 12.55 PM IST
Meta says inability to transfer data among regions will affect services to usersCountries such as India and Turkey, which have either passed or are considering passing laws implementing data protection requirements coul...
01 Jun, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
India’s anti-trust body fines Google Rs 936 crore in second penalty; WhatsApp faces longest outageThe Competition Commission of India is in no mood to play, and Google is finding that out the hard way. The anti-trust regulator has fined ...
25 Oct, 2022, 07.56 PM IST
WhatsApp tests in-app business directory in Brazil, India and Indonesia nextThe test in Sao Paulo, Brazil, which allows WhatsApp users to find shops and services through a directory within the app, is the latest fea...
16 Sep, 2021, 05.03 PM IST
How Facebook undermines privacy protections for its 2 billion WhatsApp usersWhatsApp assures users that no one can see their messages, but the Facebook-owned messaging service—the world's largest—has an extensive mo...
12 Sep, 2021, 02.17 PM IST
Irish data privacy watchdog fines WhatsApp $266 millionIreland's Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC), which is the lead data privacy regulator for Facebook within the European Union, said the issues...
02 Sep, 2021, 04.48 PM IST
Ireland fines WhatsApp 225 million euros for breaching EU privacy lawsIreland was asked to "reassess and increase its proposed fine on the basis of a number of factors ... and following this reassessment the D...
02 Sep, 2021, 04.34 PM IST
We view India as our future, says WhatsApp global headWhatsApp is bullish on prospects in India as it revealed that it has 400 million monthly active users here out of a global base of 1.5 bill...
26 Jul, 2019, 10.46 AM IST
Here's how India can clean up fake news messA better way to limit the influence of hoaxes on WhatsApp and other platforms is to increase media literacy.
22 Aug, 2018, 06.24 AM IST
Why WhatsApp is no threat to Facebook’s dominanceUsers who want to switch platforms after Facebook's data privacy scandal have nowhere to go as WhatsApp & Instagram are owned by the social...
04 May, 2018, 10.20 PM IST
Local peers fret and fuss as global giants enter Indian digital payments segmentWe are not against foreign players as they help expand the ecosystem. But there’s no level playing field. Norms have been relaxed for them,...
20 Feb, 2018, 09.09 AM IST
WhatsApp co-founder on an India tour; to gather insights for a smarter appActon was in New Delhi & met Ravi Shankar Prasad, who described him as a "fine mind in the field of Information technology."
25 Feb, 2017, 12.51 AM IST