User Data Privacy

Personal Data Protection Bill 2019: Lawyers claim bill could move India closer to China in terms of control over internet

India is also proposing a new entity, the Data Protection Authority, to write specific rules, monitor how corporations are applying them and settle disputes.

End to end encryption: All you need to know about this technology under threat from govts and law enforcement agencies

Law enforcement and technologists have been arguing over encryption controls for more than two decades.

Mark Zuckerberg presents his vision for an integrated, privacy-focused platform

Facebook will be consulting with experts as it goes about developing this platform.

Facebook records a steep rise in data requests from Indian govt in first half of 2018

In May this year, Facebook said it recorded a massive increase in the total number of Indian government requests for 2017 -- a rise of nearly 62 per cent

Apple tool lets users download, change or delete data that it has collected on them

Apple will now let users in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand see and download all information that Apple has collected on them

Facebook, Google, Microsoft accused of violating GDPR laws with unethical policies

The companies have been accused of manipulating users into accepting privacy policies they don’t necessarily wish to agree with.

WhatsApp is testing an option that allows users to download all their data from the service

WhatsApp is currently working on a new option as part of its app which allows users to download all their data from the service.

A court in Germany has ruled that the use of personal data by Facebook is illegal

The Federation of German Consumer Organisations said that Facebook’s default settings and some of its terms of service were in breach of consumer law.

Another app in the form of OPBugReportLite sends details about your battery stats to OnePlus every 6 hours

Elliot Alderson confirmed that these logs are sent regardless of the fact if any user is enrolled in the ‘User experience program’ opt-in by OnePlus.

The UIDAI could be working on bolstering Aadhaar security by implementing a ‘dummy number’ protocol: Report

UIDAI will be the only authority that will have access to your dummy number and the associated real Aadhaar number.