PRIVACY INFRINGEMENT

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.

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

Scarlett Johansson sues OpenAI for replicating her voice without consent, sparking global concern over ownership of voices in the age of AI.

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.

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 a...

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.

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.

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 e...

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 priva...

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.

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, stora...

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.

Do we need immunity for any social media intermediary? Chandrasekhar asks

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 — somethi...

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 he...

The court also disagreed that the use of material from Markle's letter was in the public interest.