Chinese apps including TikTok hit by privacy complaints in EuropeOnline privacy campaigners said Thursday they had filed complaints in several European countries against six Chinese companies including Ti...
16 Jan, 2025, 04.41 PM IST
Xiaomi India operates as a reseller and distributor of mobiles, no question of paying royalties: ED counsel to HCThe ED counsel's arguments surfaced on the judgement copy that was released by the single judge bench of Justice SG Pandit who disposed of ...
09 Jul, 2022, 09.03 AM IST
Handset firms take a 'piece of Apple' to market safe side of their devicesUS smartphone major Apple, a premium market player, has been focussing on its security aspects in its marketing campaigns. Even its latest ...
10 Jun, 2022, 01.08 AM IST
Bullish on India opportunity, will protect user data: Fitbit CEO James ParkIn his first ever media interaction in Asia, Fitbit co-founder and CEO James Park told ET that while data of Indians is not stored locally,...
26 Aug, 2020, 10.08 PM IST
Government's move to ban apps will hurt Xiaomi India revenue: AnalystsA browser earns royalties from its default search engine , digital ads and other integrated shortcuts on its home page. Mi Browser currentl...
05 Aug, 2020, 05.07 PM IST
List of banned Chinese apps gets 15 new entries, most are 'lite', 'pro' versionsAmong the new apps included in the list are photo editor AirBrush, short video and prediction tool Meipai and camera app BoXxCAM, which are...
05 Aug, 2020, 08.40 AM IST
Take user privacy seriously, don't collect data without consent: XiaomiXiaomi India Managing Director said that the company does not collect any user data that the user has not explicitly given permission or co...
02 May, 2020, 07.30 PM IST
Xiaomi bets big on financial services in IndiaIt has started talks with banks and more nonbanking financial companies to launch more services, having brought on board Aditya Birla Finan...
03 Dec, 2019, 10.39 PM IST
China's ByteDance to store Indian data locally after MPs raise concerns on privacy, national securitySeveral Parliamentarians, including Congress' Shashi Tharoor, BJD's Pinaki Misra and TDP’s Jayadev Galla, have accused short-video app TikT...
22 Jul, 2019, 01.05 PM IST
Chinese apps seek excessive information from users: SurveyAt least six of the ten most popular Chinese apps ask users to provide access to camera and microphones.
22 Jan, 2019, 07.49 AM IST
Xiaomi India migrating its local data to India cloud infrastructurePrior to this, all Indian user data used was stored in AWS servers across Singapore and the United States.
01 Sep, 2018, 01.17 AM IST
Handset makers may need to reboot data collection rulesThe apex court said on Thursday that informational privacy was a facet of the right to privacy and asked the government to take steps to en...
25 Aug, 2017, 12.45 AM IST
Not violating India's privacy laws, user data fully safe: OppoOppo is the first company to officially comment after the government asked all handset makers that sell phones in India to share the securi...
22 Aug, 2017, 12.08 AM IST
Xiaomi to set up local servers to address security concerns: Manu Jain, India headXiaomi never uploads photos, text messages, or any other data without the user’s consent, says Xiaomi's India head Manu Jain.
27 Oct, 2014, 04.23 AM IST
IAF asks personnel not to use Xiaomi phonesXiaomi Redmi 1 was found to be forwarding carrier name, phone number, IMEI plus numbers from address book and messages back to Beijing.
25 Oct, 2014, 01.09 AM IST
Xiaomi shifts phone user data out of China on privacy concernsA report said Xiaomi Redmi 1S phone was sending data including the user's IMEI, phone number, and phone numbers of contacts added to the ph...
24 Oct, 2014, 07.09 PM IST
Chinese handset maker Xiaomi denies violating privacy normsThe issue has surfaced at a time when Xiaomi is gaining popularity in the fast growing Indian smartphone market despite being a Chinese bra...
11 Aug, 2014, 08.27 PM IST