News Over 787,000 apps on Google and Apple stores do not have privacy policy: Report Ad-fraud and compliance company Pixalate claims that Google and Apple are hosting many such apps, especially in the health and kids niches Sashwata SahaJuly 20, 2022
News Why two US lawmakers want a crackdown on VPN apps In their letter, the lawmakers describe several abusive practices in the VPN industry, including promoting false and misleading claims about their services and selling... Sarvesh MathiJuly 19, 2022
News Why ‘group privacy’ should be recognised, and how ‘non-personal’ data becomes a regulatory blindspot There is a need for reconceptualizing personal, non-personal data and the concept of privacy itself for regulators to effectively protect data Guest AuthorJuly 13, 2022
News UPI apps must seek user consent before collecting location data: NPCI UPI apps like Google Pay and PhonePe can no longer geo-tag transactions without user consent and cannot deny UPI services to users who don't... Sarvesh MathiJuly 12, 2022
News Facebook accesses ‘deleted’ data, claims ex-employee now suing Meta for $3 million Brennan Lawson, a former content screener at Facebook, says that it can access deleted user messages and data in his $3 million suit against... Sashwata SahaJuly 11, 2022
News Everything we know about Apple’s Lockdown Mode so far Apple previews its new Lockdown Mode—which offers high-risk users protection against state-sponsored spyware attacks. MitakshJuly 8, 2022
News Bhu Naksha: Do digitized records solve digital India’s landownership woes? A deep look into key issues The Bhu Naksha project in India falls under a drive launched in 2008 to digitize land records. What does it aim to solve, and... Sashwata SahaJuly 5, 2022
News Why is there a need for fresh consultation on India’s cybersecurity directions? A group of cybersecurity experts criticised India's cybersecurity directions in a letter warning that they weaken privacy. MitakshJune 29, 2022
News Instagram testing new age verification mechanisms that don’t involve IDs Instagram testing social vouching and AI-based video selfies as alternatives to IDs for age verification. Sarvesh MathiJune 27, 2022
News Summary: How the new US federal data privacy bill might break years of stalemate The American Data Privacy and Protection Act is the first federal US data privacy bill that has bipartisan and bicameral support. Sarvesh MathiJune 18, 2022