The agreement was announced in the Delaware Court of Chancery on Thursday, just before the trial was to resume its second day. The trial, presided over by Judge Kathaleen McCormick, was halted after plaintiffs’ lawyer Sam Closic informed the court that a settlement had been reached. Details of the agreement remain confidential, and lawyers for…
An $8 billion class action investors’ lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and company leaders current and former begins Wednesday, with claims stemming from the 2018 privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm. Investors allege in their lawsuit that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users’ personal information would be…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is all set to examine a petition on July 15 that contests the Uttar Pradesh administration’s order requiring QR code displays at establishments along the ‘kanwar’ path, which disclose proprietors’ identities.Justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh will consider the public interest litigation submitted by academic Apoorvanand Jha and fellow…
US mandates public profiles for Indian student visa applicants. Indian students planning to study in the United States now face a new and deeply personal hurdle in their visa journey — opening up their social media lives to government scrutiny. In a directive that took effect immediately, the US Embassy in India has instructed all…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission officials on Saturday justified the recent amendment in Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, barring stakeholders other than itself from accessing poll-day webcasting feed from polling stations, unless an election petition was filed, saying that it was necessary to protect secrecy of voters and save them from possible intimidation.The poll-day CCTV footage…
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down a rule adopted by the administration of former President Joe Biden that strengthened privacy protections for women seeking abortions and patients who receive gender transition treatments. US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas, said the US Department of Health and Human Services exceeded its powers and unlawfully…
Apps: आजकल जहां डिजिटल प्राइवेसी पर खतरे बढ़ते जा रहे हैं, वहीं एक नई रिपोर्ट ने इस चिंता को और गहरा कर दिया है. डेटा रिसर्च कंपनी Apteco की ताजा स्टडी में यह सामने आया है कि कुछ मोबाइल ऐप्स यूज़र्स की संवेदनशील जानकारी बड़े पैमाने पर इकट्ठा कर रहे हैं वो भी बिना साफ़…
Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia have sued the genetic-testing company 23andMe to oppose the sale of DNA data from its customers without their direct consent. The suit, filed on Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of Missouri, argues that 23andMe needs to have permission from each and every customer before…
<p style="text-align: justify;">व्हाट्सऐप यूजर्स के लिए एक बड़ी खुशखबरी है. प्राइवेसी को लेकर कंपनी एक ऐसा नया फीचर लाने जा रही है, जो आपके चैटिंग एक्सपीरियंस को पूरी तरह बदल देगा. अब अगर आप चाहें, तो व्हाट्सऐप पर किसी अनजान शख्स से चैट करते समय अपना मोबाइल नंबर छुपा सकेंगे.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">इस नए बदलाव…
NEW DELHI: Amid the fallout of Operation Sindoor, the defence ministry (MoD) has urged news outlets to respect the privacy of senior armed forces personnel and their families. In an advisory issued this week, the ministry laid out clear boundaries on what is acceptable coverage and what crosses into personal intrusion. The advisory follows reports…