data privacy
Jewellers oppose HUID plan
HUID is against customer interest and against the principle of ease of doing business, say jewellers
Trump passes executive orders to ban Chinese apps TikTok, WeChat
'At this time, the order takes action to address one mobile application in particular, TikTok,' he said.
As pressure mounts on US to ban TikTok since India's move, White House decision expected in weeks
A group of 24 influential Republican congressmen have urged Trump to ban TikTok and other Chinese mobile applications over security concerns
EU-US data pact does not conform to GDPR: Top EU court junks privacy infringing deal
It will no longer be assumed that tech firms like Facebook will adequately protect European users’ privacy when it sends it to the US.
Future of communications infra should be founded on Western Ideals of private property, Pompeo says
Decrying Chinese spying, the US Secretary of State praised Google, Facebook and Twitter for not sharing user data with Hong Kong government
Zoom came into the limelight during lockdown, accelerated security fixes forced by zoombombing
When faced with a wave of lawsuits, the company said they would fix the service's weaknesses in 90 days. Now time's up and Zoom takes a bow.
After ban, Tiktok says it never shared any Indian users' data with Chinese government
"TikTok continues to comply with all data privacy and security requirements under Indian law..."
Governments, companies should not use COVID apps to find out users' contacts, location: UN body official
United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat Head Chengetai Masango said privacy should be paramount.
Now, new users on Google have auto-delete already activated to wipe out their data after 18 months
Current users can already opt in to auto-delete their data every three or 18 months—a setting that has not changed.
Privacy violation not justified anymore as case count drops, Norways says, ends use of COVID app
Norway currently has between 50 and 100 confirmed cases of COVID-19.