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Beware of data breach!

IT expert Suraj Pandey feels that a robust data protection regime should be put into place in order to address the...

16 Oct 2017 6:35 PM

Google is stepping up efforts to filter out annoying online ads as part of an effort to improve the browsing experience. (photo: AFP)

Google invaded iPhone users' privacy in UK, faces mass legal action:...

Google is being taken to court in UK, this time being accused of collecting personal data of millions of users.

30 Nov 2017 7:44 AM

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FCC approves TV technology that gives better pictures but less privacy

The new standard would also let broadcasters even activate a TV set that is turned off to send emergency alerts.

17 Nov 2017 4:30 AM

As per developers, the app is unsophisticated and can be easily bypassed by tech-savvy users. Representative Photo: Pixabay.

App threatening privacy made mandatory in China's Xinjiang

The software also scans phones for digital fingerprints of illicit files, and informs authorities when it finds them.

15 Nov 2017 10:34 AM

The official website of the Navi Mumbai police was hacked for second time in a month.

Privacy fears over artificial intelligence as crimestopper

The program is part of a growing trend to use vision-based AI to thwart crime and improve public safety.

12 Nov 2017 2:34 PM

Youngsters are using WhatsApp to consume news. (Photo: Pixabay)

Focussed on security, privacy to help users communicate in everyday...

WhatsApp, however, had rejected India's demand for a solution to track the origin of messages on its platform.

31 Oct 2018 8:56 AM

Google Go can now read aloud billions of web pages in 28 languages.

Mass action against Google over iPhone data blocked by London court

The claimants had said Google had illegally accessed details of iPhone users' internet browsing data.

9 Oct 2018 2:54 AM

A man uses a smartphone in Tokyo. Visitors to New Zealand can be fined 5,000 New Zealand dollars ($3,243) for refusing to provide passwords to unlock electronic devices and allow customs officials to examine them under a new law that a civil liberties group condemned as a grave invasion of privacy. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

New Zealand fines travelers who won't unlock secure devices

Visitors to New Zealand can be fined 5,000 New Zealand dollars ($3,243) for refusing to provide passwords to unlock...

5 Oct 2018 2:13 AM

The Aadhaar-issuing body UIDAI has delayed the introduction of face recognition facility for authentication by one month to August 1 in order to get enough time to prepare for a smooth rollout.

Facial recognition tech at schools fuels privacy debate

The benefits of facial recognition are largely unknown, and the damage to privacy could be exceedingly high, Adam...

1 Oct 2018 2:41 AM

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European privacy search engines aim to challenge Google

Sites like Britain's Mojeek, France's Qwant, Unbubble in Germany and Swisscows don't track user data, filter results or...

22 Nov 2018 4:27 AM

Intel has been increasingly catering to data centres as revenue from PCs has flattened since shipments peaked in 2011.

Intel-drafted US data privacy bill would protect firms from fines

Federal and state officials could still force companies to change their data practices and even pay restitution under...

8 Nov 2018 3:13 AM

Google demonstrated how its AI technology is already being used to diagnose diseases, help people with disabilities, predict areas likely to flood and protect endangered species. (Photo: AP)

US Supreme Court divided over how Google settled privacy case

The USD 8.5 million Google settlement was challenged by an official at a Washington-based conservative think tank.

1 Nov 2018 2:18 AM