The topic of data privacy laws in India received greater attention recently because of the issue involving the harvesting of Facebook user data by analytics firm Cambridge Analytica. Privacy advocates such as Apar Gupta said that although the Election Commission had issued guidelines to protect election...
Facebook recent privacy scandal involving the data breach of over 50 million individuals has prompted majority of users to re-examine how much information the social network is actually sharing about them. To help users who are not ready to quit Facebook altogether, CNBC has published a...
As reported by Forbes, a Georgia-based firm called Grayshift recently made a bold claim that they have been offering an iPhone passcode-cracking service to police departments and law enforcement divisions. The little-known company is also selling an iPhone unlocker tool called GrayKey that costs around $15,000...
Russia’s Supreme Court has reportedly compelled secure messaging app Telegram to hand over its encryption keys so that the Federal Security Service (FSB) can get access to user data without warrants. Telegram managers, however, refused and instead replied with a counter-suit which says that the...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Right to Be Forgotten In May 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union allowed the removal of the links to articles published online by newspaper La Vanguardia, detailing a real estate auction, from results pulled up...
Google had reportedly aided the local law enforcement of Raleigh, NC, in an investigation involving the pursuit of two gunmen by providing them with data from all the mobile devices within a 17 acre range of the crime scene. A Raleigh police spokesperson said that they...
It was reported last Saturday that a number of Chinese lawmakers are pushing a proposal that would link eye recognition technology to the country’s national ID system. At the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, Zhao Qisan and 28 deputies from Central China's Henan...
China is reportedly extending its "social credit" scheme where reputations of individuals, businesses, and even government officials can be given a score that can either give them rewards or penalties. The program had been compared to a Black Mirror episode where the protagonist was unable...
Researchers from Boston University recently claimed to have developed a new encryption technique which may allow authorities to do their job without being hampered by encryption. According to Mayank Varia, a cryptography expert, the new technique called cryptographic "crumpling" may provide exception access to the...
The parent company of the National Lottery, Camelot, urged users earlier this week to change their passwords after it had detected “suspicious activity” on several of its accounts. Camelot reported that hackers may have gained access to around 150 accounts using previously stolen details from other...