PRIVACY INFRINGEMENT
Alphabet hit with Austrian privacy complaint over alleged browser tracking
Google has introduced a set of tools called the Privacy Sandbox to block covert tracking techniques and limit data sharing with third parties while developers and publishers can measure ads without tracking individual users.
Calcutta HC directs CISF to check if police-installed CCTV cameras infringe on BJP leader Arjun Singh's privacy
The Calcutta High Court has directed the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to investigate whether CCTV cameras installed by West Bengal Police in front of former BJP MP Arjun Singh's house are infringing on his privacy. Singh alleged that the cameras were installed in 2021 to prevent crime, track criminals, and keep vigil on strangers.
Google tests new AI scam call detection feature amid rising cyber crime
Google is testing a new AI-based scam call detection feature. However, its legality is in question, as profiling callers based on conversation content without their consent is not permitted in India. In 2021, one scammer in India was responsible for 202 mn scam calls, which is about 27,000 fraud attempts every hour.
How to navigate IP challenges in the rise of social media
While social media has created immense opportunities for engagement and expression, it has also raised a myriad of legal challenges, particularly concerning intellectual property (IP) rights including issues around content ownership, digital rights management, deep fakes etc.
Yuvraj Singh sends notices to real estate firms for infringement of privacy, delayed home possession
According to the notice, the cricketer had booked a dwelling unit in 2020 at Hauz Khas, New Delhi in one of the projects of a real estate firm. M/s Brilliant Etoile Private Limited and M/s Uppal Housing Private Limited are the noticees in one of the legal notices pertaining to the delayed possession of the dwelling units.
Scarlett Johansson sues OpenAI: Rising concerns over AI voice replication and identity rights
Scarlett Johansson sues OpenAI for replicating her voice without consent, sparking global concern over ownership of voices in the age of AI.
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ETtech Explainer: WhatsApp's standoff with Centre over end-to-end encryption
Last week, WhatsApp told the Delhi High Court that it would have to stop operations in India if it’s forced to break encryption for compliance with India’s Information Technology (IT) Rules, 2021.
Meta targeted in privacy complaints by 8 EU consumer groups
Eight EU consumer groups have filed privacy complaints against Meta Platforms for breaching GDPR rules. Ursula Pachl called on data protection authorities to stop Meta's unfair data processing. Critics argue that Meta's paid, ad-free subscriptions are an attempt to make users pay for their privacy, which they consider a smokescreen for the company's invasive advertising model.
'Intrusive' drones? US surveillance case tests privacy law
After bouncing between courts in recent years, the Michigan Supreme Court heard oral arguments in October, and a ruling in coming months could set a precedent nationally. "It's very intrusive," Maxon, 51, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Dutch watchdog fines Uber 10 million euro over privacy regulations infringement
Uber failed to inform on the full details of data retention periods concerning European drivers, or to name the non-European countries in which it shares this data, the DPA said.
Evaluating new data law's efficacy amid growing security concerns
From social media interactions to ecommerce transactions, our digital footprint has grown exponentially, creating an intricate web of personal details accessible to both legitimate entities and malicious actors. The consequences of this heightened exposure are multifaceted, affecting individuals and governments alike.
SC seeks Centre's stand on plea for transfer of PIL against NETRA, NATGRID surveillance systems
The Supreme Court of India has asked the government to respond to a petition seeking the transfer of a public interest litigation (PIL) on surveillance systems from the Delhi High Court to the apex court. The PIL claims that citizens' right to privacy is being threatened by surveillance programs such as the Centralised Monitoring System (CMS), Network Traffic Analysis (NETRA), and National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID). The PIL asks for the cessation of these surveillance projects and the establishment of an independent oversight body to review interception and monitoring orders.
TikTok fined $370 million over handling of children's data in Europe
It is the first time ByteDance-owned TikTok has been reprimanded by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner, the lead regulator in the EU for many of the world's top tech firms due to the location of their regional headquarters in Ireland.
Privacy safety not data-use regulation
India's Digital Personal Data Protection Bill needs to address the regulation of generative AI, as concerns grow about the possibility of biased results and erroneous conclusions. While data protection focuses on the rules for data collection, storage and deletion, ensuring data is not used to subvert individual choice requires a need to ensure transparency and accountability for the deployment of machine learning systems.
German antitrust watchdog can add privacy breaches to Meta probe, EU court says
The case before the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) concerns a 2019 German cartel office order to Meta to stop collecting users' data without their consent as such a practice constituted an abuse of its market power.
Digital India Bill draft to be available in June first week: MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Do we need immunity for any social media intermediary? Chandrasekhar asks
View: India's Data Protection Bill has a privacy problem
The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill that’s open to public comments is much shorter than its now-abandoned predecessor. It’s also a more forceful attempt to legislate a Chinese-style surveillance state in the world’s largest democracy — something that will disappoint the country’s liberals, upset trading partners by turning data into a potential tool of foreign policy, and cause the West and India to drift further apart ideologically.
Fan enters Virat Kohli’s hotel room in Perth, shoots video, posts on Instagram. Cricketer speechless, says not okay with such ‘fanaticism & invasion of privacy’
The cricketer asserted that he was not fine with a brazen display of “fanaticism”.
HC dismisses Facebook India's plea challenging CCI probe into WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policy
Facebook India, the Indian subsidiary of US-based Facebook Inc (now known as Meta Platforms), argued that the CCI has clubbed it in its ongoing investigation against Facebook Inc and WhatsApp even though it has not formed any prima facie opinion against it.
Supreme Court directs CBI to file status report on investigation into intercepted conversations of Niira Radia
The top court was hearing Tata's petition seeking action against those involved in the leakage of the tapes alleging the leakage amounts to infringement of his fundamental right to life, which includes the right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution. He had contended that as corporate lobbyist Radia's phone was tapped for probing alleged tax evasion and the tapes cannot be used for any other purpose.
EU court rules against Meta over German consumer body challenge
The federation alleges that Meta infringed rules on data privacy, unfair competition and consumer protection related to free games by third parties available to Facebook users.
Data access policy objective is not commercialization: Chandrasekhar
Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar was responding to a question in the Lok Sabha by Congress MP Manish Tewari on the subject.
A real data privacy strategy that works
In all that mash of information 'out there', throw in false information regularly - that you love Party X when you really detest it; make purchases or searches on the internet that you never intended to; send contradictory messages to WhatsApp groups. And your real secrets - like actions you're not keen an all-seeing higher force will track - will remain intact.
Recording wife's telephonic conversation without her knowledge is infringement of privacy: HC
The Bathinda family court had allowed the woman's estranged husband to prove a CD pertaining to recorded conversations between him and his wife subject to the condition of its correctness. "Recording of telephonic conversation of the wife without her knowledge is a clear cut infringement of her privacy," observed the high court.
Meghan Markle wins privacy case against Mail: How did it happen
The court also disagreed that the use of material from Markle's letter was in the public interest.
'FB could be sued by consumer groups' in Europe
Facebook found itself in the dock after the Federation of German Consumer Organisations filed a lawsuit alleging that the social network had allowed operators of online games to improperly collect the personal data of gamers. The games were offered on Facebook's App Center in 2012. By playing the games, users automatically agreed to share personal data including email addresses. At the end of the game, they would receive a message saying that the app could post their status, photos and other information.
IT rules seriously undermine privacy, IFF says in rebuttal to govt's FAQs
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) said the FAQs were meant to 'bring clarity' on the rules and “explain the nuances of the due diligence” that intermediaries must follow, but IFF said many claims were presented as facts in the document.
IT Intermediary Rules: Is the privacy of Indians under threat?
Do the new IT Intermediary Rules have a chilling effect on free speech or are they the need of the hour to combat grave threats to law and order? While social media platforms say they weaken the privacy of users, the government thinks otherwise. ET’s Surabhi Agarwal finds out.
Ex-royal staff will shed light on Meghan Markle's letter to her father, says lawyer
The Duchess of Sussex is currently suing a publication, claiming breach of privacy and copyright.
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