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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes the keynote speech at F8, Facebooks developer conference in San Jose, Calif. Facebook Inc. reports earnings Tuesday, Oct. 30. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Facebook mulled charging for access to user data

The company said it considered charging application makers to access data at the social network.

29 Nov 2018 5:11 PM IST

The latest order said the deadline for the PAN-Aadhaar linking for filing I-T returns was being extended after consideration of the matter. (Photo: AFP | Representational)

New Biometric Privacy Platform to safeguard AADHAAR data

Biometric Privacy Platform adds a privacy and consumer-choice layer on top of Aadhaar online and offline authentication...

22 Jan 2019 11:33 AM IST

Facebook settles privacy investigation with USD 5 billion

The settlement would be the largest civil penalty ever paid to the agency.

13 July 2019 11:56 AM IST

Xiaomi India Managing Director Manu Kumar Jain said the company does not collect any user data that the user has not explicitly given permission or consent to.

Xiaomi dismisses reports that it collects user data, says it is...

The clarification came after reports that Mi Browser collects unnecessary info while browsing and sends the user data to...

2 May 2020 7:50 PM IST

TikToks parent company, ByteDance, has a similar app for mainland China called Douyin that does share users data with the Chinese government, and is available in Hong Kong. (Photo | AFP)

TikTok's astute exit from Hong Kong will likely keep it going in the...

It is a win-win' move for TikTok as it does not risk angering China by refusing to share user data, but it can focus on...

9 July 2020 8:57 PM IST

Remember when former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden revealed that the American government was eavesdropping on peoples online data and communications? It was also revealed that Facebook gave US security agencies access to the personal data of Europeans. (Photo | thedaywefightback.org)

Facebook facing heat for sending EU data to US, which, like China, is...

A recent court ruling found that some trans-Atlantic data transfers don't protect users from American government...

10 Sept 2020 6:49 PM IST

Facebook let Microsofts Bing search engine see the names of virtually all Facebook users friends without consent. (Photo: AP)

Facebook shared private messages with partners

The newspaper on Wednesday detailed special arrangements between Facebook and companies such as Microsoft, Netflix and...

20 Dec 2018 6:29 PM IST

Racial discrimination at Facebook is real.

Facebook says companies got access to data only after user permission

The paper reported that Facebook allowed Microsoft's Bing search engine to see the names of virtually all Facebook...

20 Dec 2018 1:30 PM IST