New Delhi: Reliance Jio has proposed to TRAI that wireless data prices are gradually increased to Rs 20 per GB from Rs 15 per GB currently, after six to nine months while suggesting floor rate for data prices. While advocating for TRAI’s intervention to prescribe floor price for wireless data service, Jio said voice tariff […]
New Delhi: With instances of data leakage becoming more and more common, privacy has become the chief casualty. But for those who want to find out if an app is stealthily collecting their data, there are ways to find out, according to researchers. As cybersecurity firm Kaspersky explained in a blog, most apps collect some information […]
New Delhi (5 MIN READ): Data is the new oil and whosoever controls the data will control the world. With this in mind, multinational tech companies like Facebook, Google, Netflix and Amazon have become goldmines carrying personal data about entire populations. Anything that you do in the digital world – from shopping, communicating, travelling, and […]
New Delhi: India’s data localisation demands are understandable but allowing it for one nation can trigger a demand from countries which are much more authoritarian and can misuse the citizens’ data, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said. In a conversation with historian and author Yuval Noah Harari on Friday, Zuckerberg said the motives and intents […]
Washington: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg discussed for years plans to sell access to users’ data to fight rivals, NBC News reported on Tuesday, citing leaked documents. “Zuckerberg oversaw plans to consolidate the social network’s power and control competitors by treating its users’ data as a bargaining chip, while publicly […]
San Francisco : The hacker who earlier stole and posted data of close to 750 million users of various popular websites on a Dark Web marketplace has now put up the third set of nearly 93 million hacked databases for sale. According to a report on zdnet.com late Sunday, the hacker this time is selling […]
New York : Raising fresh concerns about Facebook’s privacy protection policies, a New York Times report has exposed how the social network allowed about 60 device makers, including Apple and Samsung, to access personal information of users and their friends. Even before Facebook apps were widely available on smartphones, Facebook had data-sharing partnerships with the […]
New Delhi : In wake of recent cases on child rapes and sexual abuse in India, the government should conduct fresh survey on child sex abuse, child rights body NCPCR Chairperson Stuti Kacker said on Thursday. “Earlier, people used to hesitate to open up about sexual abuses because of social stigma. But now, people are talking […]
New Delhi : Already in the line of fire for collecting people’s data for Aadhaar, the Narendra Modi government is now facing the ire of privacy vigilantes for illegally sharing data from the “official app of the Prime Minister of India” with a third party company in the US. While the FAQ section of the Narendra […]
