News What Privacy Commitments Will Underlie Cross-Border Data Flows Between the EU and US? The refreshed Data Privacy Framework comes after two years of negotiations on EU-US data flows. Aarathi GanesanNovember 7, 2022
News Everything that you need to know about US’ Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights The US blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights seeks to guide policies which offer safeguards to users in automated systems MitakshOctober 21, 2022
News Meta Faces Allegations of Non-Consensual Interception of Browsing Activity in New Class-Action Suit Social media giant Meta is facing a class-action lawsuit on violating privacy and intercepting communications by two Facebook users Aarathi GanesanOctober 3, 2022
News ‘United We Stand’: How Will YouTube, Twitch, Microsoft, and Meta Combat ‘Hate-Fueled Violence’ in the US? The tech giants said there will be new policies and initiatives for safety and awareness against hate speech on their platforms Aarathi GanesanSeptember 19, 2022
News What Are the Six New Principles that Will Shape US Tech Policy Going Forward? The US government on September 8 outlined six principles aimed at "enhancing competition and tech platform accountability". Sarvesh MathiSeptember 9, 2022
News US’s new bill to make Google, Facebook pay for digital news content: takeaways for India India has a lot that it can borrow from a new bill introduced in the US that aims to make tech platforms pay for... Sarvesh MathiSeptember 5, 2022
News Report shows how Fog Data Science sold data of millions of innocent Americans to local police The Electronic Freedom Foundation reports on how Fog Data Science collects troves of location data from Americans and sells it to the police Akshit ChawlaSeptember 5, 2022
News Privacy Experts Sue Oracle in Class Action Suit for Non-Consensual, Unlawful Data Collection: Summary Software giant Oracle, owner of Java, ad tech, and data aggregation platforms, is being sued in California for large-scale privacy violations Aarathi GanesanSeptember 3, 2022
News Why the US FTC wants to crack down on big tech data collection and how does it plan to do so The FTC announced that it is exploring rules to crack down on harmful commercial surveillance and is seeking public comments on the same Sarvesh MathiSeptember 2, 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