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The government is planning to do away with the concept of ‘continuous consent’ for applications and digital services by making it mandatory for companies to obtain consent every time. Currently, such firms obtain consent only initially when…

Last Updated: July 06, 2023, 01:39 ISTWashington D.C., United States of America (USA)Threads' listing on Apple App Store. (Image: News18)Meta is reportedly holding back from a Threads release in the EU's 27 countries as it sought clarity on…

Last Updated: June 07, 2023, 01:37 ISTLos Angeles, United States of America (USA)Apple Launched Vision Pro AR/VR headsets at WWDC 2023. This comes a day after Apple unveiled a costly augmented-reality headset called the Vision ProApple Inc…

If you are worried about the amount of data that Google can track and monitor on your behalf, then there is a new app which has been developed by privacy advocates to help you understand the process. This app basically alerts the user…

Meta Platforms Inc reached a $37.5 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing the parent of Facebook of violating users' privacy by tracking their movements through their smartphones without permission. A preliminary settlement of the…

YouTube has been asked to look into the matterBritain's army said its Twitter and YouTube accounts had been breached on Sunday.Reuters Last Updated:July 05, 2022, 15:29 ISTFOLLOW US ON:LONDON: Britain's army said its Twitter and YouTube…

Europe wants stringent laws in place so that chat apps can scan for messages of users to prevent child abuse. The European Commission has tabled this as new legislation to thwart risks posed by social media platforms. If the bill passes in…

The time a person spends on different smartphone apps is enough to identify them from a larger group in more than one in three cases, say researchers, who warn of the implications for security and privacy.Researchers from Universities of…

BY SUZANNE VRANICA | UPDATED DEC 02, 2021 09:49 AM EST Marketers are staging sweepstakes, quizzes and events to gather people’s personal information and build detailed profiles New privacy protections put in…