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Facebook is global social media giant. (Photo: AFP)

Facebook fined $1.4 mn in Spain over users' data privacy

Agency claims FB collected personal data from its users in Spain without obtaining their unequivocal consent.

11 Sept 2017 5:19 PM IST

Called Polisis, short for privacy policy analysis, their programme can be used free of charge either as a browser extension. (Photo: Pixabay)

Artificial intelligence can help you protect personal data

People do not always take the time to read website terms and conditions before accepting them.

19 Feb 2018 3:31 PM IST

Productivity in British low-paid jobs lags 20 to 30 per cent behind equivalent roles in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United States.

Freelancing jobs on a rise, content remains the king

The top 50 fastest growing and declining job types in the online labour market, the number of freelancers is on an...

27 April 2018 12:25 PM IST

Trai Chief RS Sharma

Trai chief's personal info not from Aadhaar database: UIDAI

Hacked info on Sharma's details there in public domain'.

30 July 2018 1:21 AM IST

TRAI chairman R S Sharma.

Personal details of TRAI chief not hacked from Aadhaar database: UIDAI

TRAI chief on Saturday shared his Aadhaar number publicly, daring anyone to show how mere knowledge of number can be...

29 July 2018 7:31 PM IST

For Aadhar enrollment, we collect just four set of data - your name, date of birth and your communication address. Nothing more, nothing less. Similarly every app must collect as much data as is required, Sharma told ET Now in an interview here on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Apps should collect minimal data like Aadhar: TRAI chief

Some apps are ridiculously collecting more-than-required data and the customers are unaware of what is being done with...

18 July 2018 11:05 AM IST

During the hearing of the petitions, the TRAI had submitted that the rate cut would ultimately benefit the internet users.

People should have right on their data, not companies, says telecom...

'The Right to Choice, Notice, Consent, Data Portability, Right to be Forgotten should be given to telecom consumers,'...

16 July 2018 8:15 PM IST

Hundreds of Google employees in New York were walking off the job and gathering at a nearby park. (Photo: AP)

More than 95,000 data breach complaints since rules kicked in

The GDPR gives new powers to privacy enforcers, allowing them to levy fines of up to 4 percent of global revenue.

27 Jan 2019 10:33 AM IST

Selling user data would not only undermine essential trust in the social network, Mark Zuckerberg argued. (Photo:AFP)

Personal data for sale

'We don't sell people's data,' says Facebook's Zuckerberg.

25 Jan 2019 5:46 PM IST

Opposition parties were trying to spread bitterness, casteism and regionalism in the country to target the BJP, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Ravi Shankar Prasad warns social media firms on platform misuse

IT Ministry, last year, began work on tightening rules for social media and online companies, for which it held wide...

3 Jun 2019 5:28 PM IST

Facebook is also extending researchers and developers programmatic access to Ad Library API, which was previously in closed beta.

Is a USD 5 billion fine the least painful part of Facebook's...

The real question, remains what type of restrictions and requirements will be placed on FB to ensure future compliance.

24 July 2019 1:39 PM IST

After a series of privacy scandals, Facebook needs to regain users trust as it prepares to roll out a single messaging service combining Facebook messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram. (Photo: AP)

USD 5 billion US fine set for Facebook on privacy probe: report

Facebook has also faced questions about whether it improperly shared user data with business partners in violation of...

13 July 2019 10:46 AM IST