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Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is facing a server-side issue, making it impossible to update the privacy setting "who can see when I'm online," globally on iOS

Updated On: 31 Jan 2023 | 12:50 PM IST

From India, more than 6 million WhatsApp users could be at risk, the report said

Updated On: 28 Nov 2022 | 12:10 AM IST

The volume of ransomware threats detected spiked to more than 1.2 million per month between the January-June period, a report revealed

Updated On: 28 Aug 2022 | 1:47 PM IST

There is hope that the kids are willing to adopt secured spaces if guided well, said Tsaaro CEO

Updated On: 26 Jun 2022 | 10:45 PM IST

She was pivotal in helping the company reach an unparalleled scale of more than two billion active users after Zuckerberg poached her from Google in 2008

Updated On: 02 Jun 2022 | 8:54 AM IST

The govt has come up with regulations requiring VPN service providers to collect and store a host of personal information from their subscribers. Can the new rules undermine your privacy?

Updated On: 06 May 2022 | 7:00 AM IST

A recent survey on data privacy for children found that while parents were aware of data privacy, the majority were not aware of any laws that protect children's data privacy

Updated On: 18 Apr 2022 | 6:06 AM IST

"This is a issue where we are actively involved with, and actively responding to," the minister said

Updated On: 30 Mar 2022 | 4:26 PM IST

TikTok representative said privacy and safety were the company's top priorities and that it had robust policies, processes and technologies in place to help protect all users, especially teenage users

Updated On: 21 Apr 2021 | 9:06 AM IST

Facebook's new tools give its user more control over what they share and see on the social media platform

Updated On: 01 Apr 2021 | 4:58 PM IST

Amid a raging debate over privacy offered by messaging platforms like WhatsApp, terrorist groups from Pakistan are switching to new applications which include one developed by a Turkish company

Updated On: 24 Jan 2021 | 4:34 PM IST

The feature, which allows people with a user's phone number to find and connect with that user on Twitter, is off by default for users in the European Union where stringent privacy rules are in place

Updated On: 04 Feb 2020 | 8:00 AM IST

These changes have been expected for months, but their impact is still unknown

Updated On: 07 Jan 2020 | 2:01 AM IST

It is learnt that the next meeting could be held in January, after which a report will be submitted

Updated On: 14 Dec 2019 | 12:39 AM IST

The very technology that sought to maintain the integrity of data is at odds with the laws that endeavours to protect personal data

Updated On: 18 Nov 2019 | 1:25 AM IST

Pai stressed the need for the government to draw up norms vis-a-vis functioning of such big platforms

Updated On: 04 Nov 2019 | 9:51 PM IST

The more privacy conscious have to go through the trouble of using encryption for all their messages

Updated On: 11 Jan 2017 | 7:20 PM IST

Avoid using real personal data and make a separate e-mail address for free apps and services

Updated On: 27 Sep 2016 | 11:30 PM IST