Canada's privacy watchdog calls for urgent action after nearly 45,000 tax account breaches reported since 2020Canada's privacy watchdog has called for urgent cybersecurity upgrades at the Canada Revenue Agency. Over 42,000 tax accounts were breached...
08 May, 2026, 10.42 AM IST
Can Anthropic Mythos AI detect hidden financial cyber threats before attacks, and how Wall Street banks test next-gen cybersecurity defense systems todayAnthropic Mythos AI is now reshaping Wall Street cybersecurity at an unprecedented scale. Banks are testing this advanced AI to detect hidd...
11 Apr, 2026, 11.22 PM IST
Canada privacy watchdog expands probe into X, cites Grok deepfakesIn a statement, Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne also said he was launching a related investigation into xAI, the artific...
15 Jan, 2026, 09.40 PM IST
Governments, regulators increase scrutiny of DeepSeekAccording to its own privacy policy, DeepSeek stores numerous pieces of personal data, such as requests to its AI programme or uploaded fi...
06 Jan, 2026, 04.49 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
EU data protection board says ChatGPT still not meeting data accuracy standardsEU task force criticizes OpenAI's efforts to improve accuracy of ChatGPT output in compliance with data rules.
25 May, 2024, 08.48 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
Meta, others should give users free option without targeted ads, EU privacy watchdog saysThe U.S. tech giant launched the no-ads subscription service for Facebook and Instagram in Europe last November, saying users who consent t...
18 Apr, 2024, 12.20 AM IST
Worldcoin Paris office checked by French data watchdogWorldcoin requires users to provide their iris scans in exchange for a digital ID and, in some countries, in exchange for free cryptocurren...
01 Sep, 2023, 12.22 AM IST
How some key nations and international governing bodies are regulating AI toolsFacial recognition and biometric surveillance likely to be key issues — some lawmakers want a total ban while EU countries want exception f...
15 Jul, 2023, 01.10 AM IST
Irish privacy regulator fines Meta more than $400 millionIreland's data privacy regulator fined Meta 390 million euros ($414 million) on Wednesday for breaches at its Facebook and Instagram servic...
04 Jan, 2023, 09.29 PM IST
EU watchdogs begin privacy probe into Twitter after whistleblower reportAccording to TechCrunch, Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) and France's CNIL are following up on the whistleblower complaint again...
25 Aug, 2022, 10.30 AM IST
Scandal-hit Facebook ends long-criticised facial recognition system over privacy fears, to delete scan data of billion peopleThe feature would automatically identify people who appeared in users' digital photos.
03 Nov, 2021, 12.58 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
Australian watchdog accuses Google of privacy breachesThe commission alleges the California-based company misled millions of Australians to obtain their consent and expand the scope of personal...
28 Jul, 2020, 12.00 AM IST
Google faces music over tracking Apple's Safari Web browserUsing its DoubleClick ad network, Google has been dodging a privacy setting in Safari, the primary Web browser on the iPhone and iPad.
19 Feb, 2012, 02.56 PM IST
- Greece, Romania and Canada top global privacy index
Individual privacy is under threat in the U.S. and across the European Union as governments introduce sweeping surveillance and information...
30 Dec, 2007, 06.00 AM IST