Inside WhatsApp's measures to curb digital arrest scamsWhatsApp is using AI to combat digital arrest scams, banning thousands of impersonating accounts. Authorities are working to prevent signif...
29 Apr, 2026, 05.25 PM IST
WhatsApp to roll out SIM binding, tighten curbs on digital arrest scamsWhatsApp has agreed to implement SIM binding and enhanced safeguards against prolonged scam calls, as per a Supreme Court filing. The compa...
29 Apr, 2026, 11.35 AM IST
EU countries, lawmakers fail to reach deal on watered-down AI rulesEuropean Union nations and Parliament members could not agree on updated artificial intelligence rules. Talks stalled after 12 hours. Negot...
29 Apr, 2026, 06.12 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
Snapchat agrees to pay $35 million over illegal user data collection in USSnapchat will be paying the amount for violating Illinois's biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
15 Feb, 2023, 04.27 PM IST
Facebook to pay $650 million settlement over US privacy disputeChicago attorney Jay Edelson sued Facebook in 2015, alleging it illegally collected biometric data to identify faces in violation of a 2008...
02 Mar, 2021, 07.44 AM IST
ByteDance to pay $92 million in US privacy settlementThe federal lawsuit alleged that TikTok broke the Illinois biometric privacy law, which allows suits against companies that harvest consume...
27 Feb, 2021, 12.05 AM IST
Users will need to be notified as Indian names reveal info: ExpertsExperts working on the new privacy law believe govt should give clarity on a host of issues.
01 Sep, 2018, 10.08 PM IST
Srikrishna panel frowns at current consent-seeking practices for data processing; moots sweeping changesMaking consent the touchstone and "lawful basis" of processing personal data, the panel has suggested a revamp in the consent mechanism.
29 Jul, 2018, 05.50 PM IST
Clause in Aadhaar act badly drafted, says Supreme CourtThe bench was told that Aadhaar was collected in the initial phase in 2010 with enrolment forms that had no reference to biometrics.
11 Apr, 2018, 08.02 AM IST
Aadhaar law is just, fair & reasonable: Centre to SCThe Centre today referred to the verdict and said the reasonable restrictions, which are applicable on right to life, would also govern the...
03 Apr, 2018, 07.46 PM IST
Supreme Court had to clarify on privacy as UPA brought Aadhaar without a law: Arun JaitleyThe ruling "is positive because as the evolution of constitutional law goes on, there is always an effort to strengthen fundamental rights,...
24 Aug, 2017, 10.06 PM IST
Irrespective of what one feels about Aadhaar, a comprehensive new privacy law is neededOur approach to Aadhaar must be the same, taking advantage of its immense potential for good while putting in place a modern legal framewor...
10 May, 2017, 10.21 AM IST
View: Argue for a privacy law, not against AadhaarThe problem is not with having a unique identity number but with the potential for misuse of the data on individuals it collects and stores.
07 May, 2017, 10.36 AM IST
Left MP urges Narendra Modi to 'scrap' Aadhaar projectA Left MP today requested Modi to "scrap" the Aadhaar project launched by the UPA govt as reports said that NSA had been collecting info ab...
09 Jun, 2014, 08.44 PM IST
SC Aadhaar verdict highlights data protection weaknessesThe SC ruling was in response to a ruling by the Mumbai High Court directing the UIDAI to provide the CBI with biometrics of all residents ...
25 Mar, 2014, 11.26 AM IST