Privacy Laws

The fines seek to rectify wrongs committed, and caution firms that privacy breaches will not be taken lightly and non-compliance would incur the authorities' ire

The DPC, which acts as the EU's lead privacy regulator for Meta, said WhatsApp must reassess how it uses personal data for service improvements

Irish regulators on Wednesday hit Facebook parent Meta with hundreds of millions in fines for online privacy violations and banned the company from forcing European users to agree to personalised ads based on their online activity. Ireland's Data Protection Commission imposed two fines totalling 390 million euros (USD 414 million) in its decision in two cases that could shake up Meta's business model targeting users with ads based on what they do online. The watchdog fined Meta 210 million euros for violations of the European Union's strict data privacy rules involving Facebook and an additional 180 million euros for breaches involving Instagram. It's the commission's latest punishment for Meta for data privacy infringements, following four other fines for the company since 2021 that total more than 900 million euros. The decision stems from complaints filed in May 2018 when the 27-nation EU's privacy rules, known as the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, took ...

PCR needs to be backed and governed by a comprehensive Public Credit Registry Act in consultation with the govt, and it must follow the latest privacy guidelines based on a laid-down consent framework

India has defended stricter regulations citing the need to safeguard users' interests in a country that has more than 760 million internet users

New legislation should clearly define nature of datasets, respondents say

Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote a letter to US lawmakers voicing his support for a recent bipartisan effort to draft a comprehensive federal privacy law

Most respondents say Bill must provide for independent Data Protection Authority like GDPR. Current form allows for excessive govt intervention and it is unlikely DPA will function independently

India needs an effective privacy law quickly

Businesses get help when local legislation aligns with standards set in European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, says the senior Gartner executive.

Opening up access to geospatial data is a welcome step

The Data Protection Authority took action following a complaint by the Norwegian Consumer Council alleging personal data was shared unlawfully for marketing purposes

Listen to the podcast to know that if you tap on 'agree' for WhatsApp's new privacy policy, what exactly you are signing up for?

Users must agree to the changes, or they won't be able to use WhatsApp

The app gathers a lot of data, which is unnecessary for the task it supposedly performs

Launches bug bounty plan to test its security effectiveness

Between February and March, there was a 12 per cent increase in the number of devices in India that received at least one threat

Contact-tracing apps to track the spread of Covid-19 have been developed in at least 23 countries, according to research firm Top10VPN.

An emotional affirmation to disclose sensitive, confidential exchanges generically must be avoided

Even as right to privacy has been declared a fundamental right, India does not have a personal data protection law yet