Online Privacy

May 15, 2021

WhatsApp's privacy policy update deadline ends soon. What does this Signal?

WhatsApp has insisted that the acceptance of the privacy policy update does not expand its ability to share user data with Facebook.

January 08, 2021
New WhatsApp privacy policy: How it affects users like you and me?

Users have received in-app prompts informing them of the update in terms of use that take effect on February 8, 2021.
November 20, 2020
Reining digital media | Bid to control digital news outlets shameful

This is an effort to bring governmental control over the media. It also seeks to deftly bypass the Supreme Court where such matters are pending.
November 19, 2020
Reining digital media | Regulation of OTT content, digital news portals essential

No society will be on consensus on where the bounds of morality should be. But everyone would agree to it that there should be some bounds.
October 07, 2020
Is Google facing new antitrust case in India over abuse in smart TVs market?

The case is Google's fourth major antitrust challenge in India, one of its key markets where it is currently facing public criticism from local startups for enforcing certain policies and company charges they contend hurt their growth.
September 25, 2020
Google Pay doesn't share customer transaction data with any 3rd party: Google

The clarification from Google came after reports cited the company's submission to the Delhi High Court saying it is allowed to share customers transaction data with third parties with the prior permission of NPCI and payment service providing banks.
September 04, 2020
Porn horror: Miscreants hack into Kerala schools' online classes, post nude videos, photos

The miscreants had infiltrated the popular video-conferencing app Zoom and even WhatsApp to stream obscene content to unsuspecting students in at least three incidents reported from Kerala's Malappuram district.

Online Privacy

WhatsApp's privacy policy update deadline ends soon. What does this Signal?

New WhatsApp privacy policy: How it affects users like you and me?

Reining digital media | Bid to control digital news outlets shameful

Reining digital media | Regulation of OTT content, digital news portals essential

Is Google facing new antitrust case in India over abuse in smart TVs market?

Google Pay doesn't share customer transaction data with any 3rd party: Google

Porn horror: Miscreants hack into Kerala schools' online classes, post nude videos, photos

Analysis | Why collecting call records of COVID-19 patients an intrusion into privacy, and unnecessary

Parents fear hackers less than their kids regarding online activities: Report

CPI irked by Sprinklr deal, KM Shaji controversy