Privacy

Explained: The debate in the United States over regulating AI

US lawmakers are grappling with what guardrails to put around burgeoning artificial intelligence, but months after ChatGPT got Washington's attention, consensus is far from certain

Explained: Are days of WhatsApp and Wikipedia numbered in the UK?

Lawmakers in the UK want to make it the ‘safest place in the world to be online’. The Online Safety Bill to regulate big tech is in the works. But giants like WhatsApp and Wikipedia are refusing to comply with the possible requirements, saying they’d rather exit

Checking into a hotel room this Valentine’s Day? Ensure you’re not being watched by peeping Toms

Checking into a hotel this Valentine’s Day to spend some “quiet time” with your partner? Make sure that you have checked your room and gotten rid of bugs and hidden cameras that can broadcast your private moments to the rest of the world.

More than 50 per cent of smart appliance users don't enable IoT services or smart features

Nearly half of smart home-owners, do not use IoT or the smart features that their appliances come with. This is mainly because of fears over privacy, and the fact that these IoT services try to sell ancillary services like repairs and servicing.

TikTok CEO to meet top EU officials in Brussels to discuss privacy, content regulation

Shou Zi Chew will meet EU vice presidents Margrethe Vestager and Vera Jourova, the bloc's home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson and justice commissioner Didier Reynders

Data Protection Bill: 'Govt will get access to personal data only in exceptional circumstances', says MoS IT

The minister said the bill and laws lay out in very clear terms that only in exceptional circumstances like national security, pandemic, healthcare, and natural disaster can the government have access to the personal data of citizens

Twitter had Indian and Chinese agents, alleges whistle-blower Peiter Zatko

Former security chief at Twitter Pieter Zatko alleged during his Senate hearing said that the Indian government placed an agent inside the company to understand the negotiations between the country's ruling party and Twitter about new social media restrictions and how well they were going

Parliament panel on Information and Technology grills Twitter officials over data security, privacy

The panel says replies were 'not satisfactory'. The officials from the company, however, refuted the whistle-blower's allegations and denied there was any data security breach in India, the sources said to PTI

New awareness campaign on Aadhaar to focus on its day-to-day use in availing welfare schemes: UIDAI

More than 130 crore Aadhaar numbers have been generated so far, but UIDAI feels there is still a great need to communicate to the residents the benefits of Aadhaar, updating their details in Aadhaar and the role it can play in their day-to-day life

Nearly half of Android users considering switching to iPhone over security and privacy concerns: Survey

Nearly 49 per cent of Android users across the world would like to or are considering switching to iPhones, due to their perceived “superiority” in security and privacy.