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TikTok has over 40 million American users.

As pressure mounts on US to ban TikTok since India's move, White House...

A group of 24 influential Republican congressmen have urged Trump to ban TikTok and other Chinese mobile applications...

16 July 2020 8:33 PM IST

The top EU court said, however, that another arrangement known as standard contractual clauses, could stand, giving companies an alternative framework, as these were backed up by GDPR, the EUs strict rules on data privacy that can result in massive fines to companies.

EU-US data pact does not conform to GDPR: Top EU court junks privacy...

It will no longer be assumed that tech firms like Facebook will adequately protect European users' privacy when it sends...

16 July 2020 5:21 PM IST

Wont allow private data of Americans to get into the hands of the Chinese, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says, about blacklisting Huawei and ZTE and evaluating whether Chinese companies such as TikTok can operate in the US.

Future of communications infra should be founded on Western Ideals of...

Decrying Chinese spying, the US Secretary of State praised Google, Facebook and Twitter for not sharing user data with...

9 July 2020 4:50 PM IST

Zoom came into the limelight during lockdown, accelerated security fixes forced by zoombombing

Zoom came into the limelight during lockdown, accelerated security...

When faced with a wave of lawsuits, the company said they would fix the service's weaknesses in 90 days. Now time's up...

1 July 2020 9:44 PM IST

The TikTok mobile application has been downloaded some 175 million times in the US and more than a billion times around the world, according to the order. (AFP)

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.

7 Aug 2020 8:40 AM IST

Jewellery spends accounted for 15 per cent of the total volume of transactions and 22 per cent of the value of transactions through credit and debit cards, as per the data from payment processing company Worldline India.

Jewellers oppose HUID plan

HUID is against customer interest and against the principle of ease of doing business, say jewellers

21 Aug 2021 9:58 AM IST

A parliamentary panel questioned top Twitter officials over a whistle-blowers revelations on its India operations. (PTI file image)

Parliament panel grills Twitter officials over data security, privacy

The officials from the company, however, refuted the whistle-blower's allegations and denied there was any data security...

27 Aug 2022 11:13 AM IST

In the current Monsoon Session of Parliament, the government aims to pass the fundamentally flawed Digital Personal Data Protection Bill. (Photo by rawpixel.com Freepik)

Manish Tewari | Build legal framework for intel to safeguard privacy

The snooping saga using the Pegasus spyware is still pending adjudication in the Supreme Court.

30 July 2023 12:17 AM IST

While Valentines Day is all for love, emotions, chocolates, teddy bears and lovesick couples canoodling over caf© menus, it is also the day for breakups!

Relationship break-ups put personal privacy at risk: Kaspersky report

Privacy is becoming an increasingly fluid concept in a world of digital borders.

6 March 2018 3:08 PM IST

The CDT draft contains similar provisions, though it does not give consumers the right to opt out of a sale of data. (Photo: Pixabay)

Advocacy group drafts US privacy bill as effort grows to make law next...

Businesses have raised concerns about their ability to comply with California's law.

14 Dec 2018 11:43 AM IST

Microsoft patents for a tablet with triple screens. (Photo: ANI)

Microsoft swears to extend EU data rights worldwide

This new move allows users to see what information the company collects about the user and correct or delete it if...

22 May 2018 12:00 PM IST

Cambridge Analytica, whose clients included Donald Trumps 2016 presidential campaign, sought information on Facebook users to build psychological profiles on a large portion of the US electorate. (Photo: AFP)

Socially responsible funds dump or rethink Facebook over data privacy

Several socially conscious investment firms are selling or rethinking their Facebook Inc holdings.

19 May 2018 8:09 AM IST