Tag: Privacy
Female Genital Mutilation Violative Of Bodily Integrity, Privacy, SC Told
The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Dawoodi Bohra community is violative of bodily integrity which is a part of right to privacy and dignity.....
WhatsApp Replies To India's Notice, Says Privacy 'highest Priority'
WhatsApp on Monday said it has sent a reply to the notice by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) after the ministry directed the Facebook-owned platform to withdraw its controversial user privacy policy. ....
WhatsApp Lawsuit: Experts Say New Rules Needed For Fine Balance Between Rights, Laws
With WhatsApp filing a lawsuit in the Delhi High Court stating that requiring messaging apps to "trace" chats undermines people's right to privacy, even as the deadline to comply with the new IT (intermediary) rules, 2021, for big social media platforms in India ended on Tuesday, legal experts say the new measures should not be seen as a "blanket web" for getting information of all originators of all messages sent by all users. ....
Whatsapp Privacy Policy: Delhi HC Expresses Concern About Data Sharing
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday raised concerns about data sharing by social media platforms as it heard the appeal of WhatsApp and its parent company Meta (formerly Facebook) against the probe ordered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) into the instant messaging app's latest privacy policy.....
We've To Protect People's Privacy: SC Issues Notice To WhatsApp, Facebook
People have grave apprehensions on loss of privacy, the Supreme Court said on Monday and made it clear that it is the court's duty to protect people's privacy as it was hearing an application against the new privacy policy of WhatsApp. ....
Plea In SC: Stay WhatsApp Privacy Policy That Affects 400 Million Indians
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an interim stay on the operation of new privacy policy of WhatsApp, the applicaton with more than 400 million users in the country. ....
Microsoft To Launch New Data Control Privacy Dashboard
Microsoft is launching a web-based account privacy dashboard that gives users control over their data and lets them monitor the information Microsoft services use. ....
Americans Shouldn't Expect 'absolute Privacy', Says FBI
FBI Director James Comey warned that Americans should not have expectations of "absolute privacy" after the disclosure of a range of hacking tools used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).....
Microsoft Windows 10 Offers More Transparency To Users
A week after Microsoft announced its Windows 10 Creators Update, the company introduced new privacy tools that will offer customers more transparency and control.....
Policy To Build Data Centre Parks Across Country Soon: FM
A policy will be set up to build data centre parks throughout the country, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said during her second Union Budget presentation in Parliament on Saturday.....
