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FTC Says Meta Misled Parents on Child Protection Measures, Proposes Ban on Profiting From Minors' Data
The US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday accused Meta's Facebook of misleading parents about protections for children and proposed tightening an existing agreement on privacy to include a ban on making money from minors' data.
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ChatGPT Maker OpenAI Plans Measures to Address Concerns in Italy Ban
ChatGPT producer OpenAI plans to present measures on Thursday to remedy concerns that led to an Italian ban on the chatbot last week, Italy's data protection agency Garante said. Microsoft-backed OpenAI took ChatGPT offline in Italy after Garante last week temporarily restricted it and began a probe into a suspected breach of privacy rules.
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ChatGPT Ban in Italy Attracts EU Privacy Regulators From France, Ireland: All Details
ChatGPT was recently blocked by OpenAI in Italy after the country's privacy regulator temporarily banned the generative AI service. Now, other European countries are also studying if coordinated efforts and harsher measures are needed to rein in chatbots that use artificial intelligence.
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Is the Metaverse Really the Future of Work?
Meta's vision of the metaverse includes people using the company's wearable technology for work, in addition to the company's main metaverse product, a virtual reality playground called Horizon Worlds. The Facebook parent firm is also working with Microsoft to make available virtual versions of the latter's business software, such as Office and Tea...
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WhatsApp Claims App Store Privacy Labels Are Anti-Competitive, Apple Says Applies to Its Own Apps Too
WhatsApp spokesperson told Axios that focusing just on what information is taken by apps could scare users and work against developers. The Facebook-owned company said that Apple should also highlight measures taken by WhatsApp to protect user information that is collected.
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Centre Frames Draft Policy On Data Privacy Under National Digital Health Mission
All necessary data privacy measures will be put in place to safeguard the confidentiality of sensitive health-related information of individuals under the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) programme that seeks to provide a unique ID to all citizens to map their medical history, the government has said.
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Zoom Meeting App Rolls Out New Measures as Security Fears Mount
Videoconferencing platform Zoom is rolling out a number of measures meant to stem criticism over how it has handled security as users flock to the application during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Government Tells Tech Firms To Protect User Privacy, Prevent Abuse
Technology firms have been concerned that the government's drive to step up measures to boost local data storage will increase investment costs.
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Apple's Tim Cook Calls for Privacy Bill With Right to Delete Data
Cook called on US lawmakers Thursday to pass privacy legislation enabling consumers to see and delete their harvested online personal data from a central clearinghouse.
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After Aadhaar Verdict, Need For Law On Privacy: US Experts
US-based experts have said that the Supreme Court verdict on Aadhaar biometric system has struck a balance between the need for a foundational identity and measures to limit its use, but stressed that the government now urgently needs to pass a legislation on data sharing and privacy.
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Social Media Won't Be Allowed To Abuse Election Process: Minister
Social media platforms will never be allowed to abuse India's election process and stringent measures backed by laws on data protection and individual privacy have been put in place, Information Technology (IT) Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said.
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Opinion: Modi Government's New Tool Of Surveillance - By Yashwant Sinha
This may have gone largely unnoticed, but amongst the various measures the government is planning to introduce to keep a tab on its citizens, the newest is a chip in our TV set-top boxes. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting wrote a letter on March 12 to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in which it said that all Direct To Ho...
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Lenovo Responds to Government, Says User Data Security Is a Key Priority
Lenovo, which also sells handsets under the Moto brand, has sent a detailed response outlining the measures taken to ensure user data security.
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US House of Representatives Passes Email Privacy Bill
The measure court orders to access emails, text messages, and data stored in the Internet "cloud" for criminal and civil investigations.
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UK Government Seeks Data Retention Law After European Union Verdict
Concerned after a European court ruled in favor of citizens' right to privacy, Britain's prime minister pledged Thursday to rush through emergency measures to force phone and Internet companies to store call and search records for a year.
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FTC Says Meta Misled Parents on Child Protection Measures, Proposes Ban on Profiting From Minors' Data
The US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday accused Meta's Facebook of misleading parents about protections for children and proposed tightening an existing agreement on privacy to include a ban on making money from minors' data.
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ChatGPT Maker OpenAI Plans Measures to Address Concerns in Italy Ban
ChatGPT producer OpenAI plans to present measures on Thursday to remedy concerns that led to an Italian ban on the chatbot last week, Italy's data protection agency Garante said. Microsoft-backed OpenAI took ChatGPT offline in Italy after Garante last week temporarily restricted it and began a probe into a suspected breach of privacy rules.
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ChatGPT Ban in Italy Attracts EU Privacy Regulators From France, Ireland: All Details
ChatGPT was recently blocked by OpenAI in Italy after the country's privacy regulator temporarily banned the generative AI service. Now, other European countries are also studying if coordinated efforts and harsher measures are needed to rein in chatbots that use artificial intelligence.
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Is the Metaverse Really the Future of Work?
Meta's vision of the metaverse includes people using the company's wearable technology for work, in addition to the company's main metaverse product, a virtual reality playground called Horizon Worlds. The Facebook parent firm is also working with Microsoft to make available virtual versions of the latter's business software, such as Office and Tea...
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WhatsApp Claims App Store Privacy Labels Are Anti-Competitive, Apple Says Applies to Its Own Apps Too
WhatsApp spokesperson told Axios that focusing just on what information is taken by apps could scare users and work against developers. The Facebook-owned company said that Apple should also highlight measures taken by WhatsApp to protect user information that is collected.
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Centre Frames Draft Policy On Data Privacy Under National Digital Health Mission
All necessary data privacy measures will be put in place to safeguard the confidentiality of sensitive health-related information of individuals under the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) programme that seeks to provide a unique ID to all citizens to map their medical history, the government has said.
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Zoom Meeting App Rolls Out New Measures as Security Fears Mount
Videoconferencing platform Zoom is rolling out a number of measures meant to stem criticism over how it has handled security as users flock to the application during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Government Tells Tech Firms To Protect User Privacy, Prevent Abuse
Technology firms have been concerned that the government's drive to step up measures to boost local data storage will increase investment costs.
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Apple's Tim Cook Calls for Privacy Bill With Right to Delete Data
Cook called on US lawmakers Thursday to pass privacy legislation enabling consumers to see and delete their harvested online personal data from a central clearinghouse.
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After Aadhaar Verdict, Need For Law On Privacy: US Experts
US-based experts have said that the Supreme Court verdict on Aadhaar biometric system has struck a balance between the need for a foundational identity and measures to limit its use, but stressed that the government now urgently needs to pass a legislation on data sharing and privacy.
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Social Media Won't Be Allowed To Abuse Election Process: Minister
Social media platforms will never be allowed to abuse India's election process and stringent measures backed by laws on data protection and individual privacy have been put in place, Information Technology (IT) Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said.
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Opinion: Modi Government's New Tool Of Surveillance - By Yashwant Sinha
This may have gone largely unnoticed, but amongst the various measures the government is planning to introduce to keep a tab on its citizens, the newest is a chip in our TV set-top boxes. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting wrote a letter on March 12 to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in which it said that all Direct To Ho...
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Lenovo Responds to Government, Says User Data Security Is a Key Priority
Lenovo, which also sells handsets under the Moto brand, has sent a detailed response outlining the measures taken to ensure user data security.
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US House of Representatives Passes Email Privacy Bill
The measure court orders to access emails, text messages, and data stored in the Internet "cloud" for criminal and civil investigations.
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UK Government Seeks Data Retention Law After European Union Verdict
Concerned after a European court ruled in favor of citizens' right to privacy, Britain's prime minister pledged Thursday to rush through emergency measures to force phone and Internet companies to store call and search records for a year.
