The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India this week made some recommendations to the DoT concerning the data privacy and security of consumers. The regulator said that the existing framework for the protection of the personal information of telecom customers is not enough, and pointed out...
Digita Security founder Patrick Wardle warned this week that he had found a text file containing thousands of credentials for accounts associated with New Zealand-based file storage service Mega. ZDNet says it was able to confirm that the logins were real by calling up several users....
Cisco Talos researchers warned this week that a hacking campaign that uses fake versions of Telegram and WhatsApp to push data-stealing malware onto iPhones is currently active and have already claimed thirteen victims in India. The attackers reportedly use an open-source mobile device management (MDM) software...
US Senators Edward Markey and Richard Blumenthal have asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the data collection practices of several smart TV makers after hearing of a case where a vendor called Samba TV did not adequately inform its customers of the real depth...
Vice Chair of the Nepal Law Commission, Bhesh Raj Sharma, revealed that they have readied a preliminary draft of a bill that proposes a three-year jail sentence or fine up to Rs 30,000 or both for violators of an individual’s right to privacy. The bill, which...
The highest court in Germany made a landmark ruling this week and decided that the parents of a girl who had been killed by a train should be able to access their daughter’s Facebook account and messages. The court ultimately decided that such digital content can...
The woman who had been documented having a “love connection” with her seatmate on a flight is now imploring netizens to give her some privacy, saying that she had already been doxxed, shamed, insulted and harassed. The woman, who was dubbed #PrettyPlaneGirl, said that she did...
Researchers from the University of Chicago and the Leibniz University of Hanover recently published a study that seeks to clarify misconceptions surrounding the use of the incognito browsing mode. The study found that 46.5% of the participants thought that bookmarks saved in private mode would not...
Blockchain startup Oasis Labs was reported to have raised $45 million in funding this week from a number of big Silicon Valley VC’s and cryptocurrency investors. The company claims that they will be able to curtail a number of privacy problems associated with cloud computing...
Facebook disclosed this week to the Indonesian government that the data of around one million users in Indonesia on their platform had not been improperly used by Cambridge Analytica. This was in response to the pressure being applied by the Indonesian government on Facebook to produce...