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Your favourite apps like Candy Crush Saga and Tinder are spying on you: Report
January 15, 2025 8:18 am
The seemingly safe smartphone apps and games might not be as safe as we think.
Rapido fixes security flaw that exposed data of users and drivers
December 20, 2024 3:09 pm
Over 1,800 feedback responses with email addresses and phone numbers had been recorded in the exposed portal until it was made private by Rapido.
LinkedIn updates privacy policy to allow AI training on users’ personal data; know how to opt out
September 19, 2024 4:58 pm
LinkedIn users are signed up by default to permit AI training on their posts and personal data.
Singapore Mustafa group reports massive data leak; police investigations on
May 23, 2024 4:44 pm
A cyber attacker on the popular hacker forum BreachForums claimed to have stolen the personal information of Mustafa customers and employees.
Man in charge of safeguarding phones at BPO firm steals woman employee's data, takes Rs 2 lakh bank loan in her name
September 14, 2023 3:26 pm
The police said the accused allegedly observed the pattern to unlock the complainant woman's phone and illicitly accessed her Aadhaar and PAN details.
How to disable enhanced intelligent service on Realme, Oppo, and OnePlus smartphones
June 20, 2023 8:51 am
Enhanced intelligent service is enabled by default on Realme, OnePlus, and Oppo smartphones and claims to collect personal information to improve user experience and optimise the device using the collected data.
Facebook to give users more control over personal information
March 28, 2018 9:41 pm
Facebook has said it will redesign it settings menu, and allow users to have greater control over their data, in the wake of the breach that leaked information to Cambridge Analytica.
‘iPhone allows personal data extraction sans consent’
July 27, 2014 2:19 am
Apple denied creating any “back doors” for intelligence agencies.
Google removes privacy feature from Android mobile software
December 14, 2013 2:04 pm
The privacy feature allowed users to block apps from collecting personal info such as address book data.
Open Secrets
October 27, 2013 4:59 am
We need to think of privacy in different ways not only as something that happens between people,but between you and corporations.
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