TikTok Accessed User Data Of Two U.S. Journalists
ByteDance, the Chinese parent company behind the popular video-sharing platform TikTok, on Thursday, admitted that four of its TikTok employees had inappropriately gained access...
Twitter Bans Live Location Sharing, Updates Private Information Policy
Twitter on Wednesday announced that it has its updated private information and media policy that prohibits the sharing of other people's live location, as...
LastPass Confirms Another Data Breach, Customer Data Leaked
LastPass, a freemium password manager that stores encrypted passwords online, on Wednesday revealed another data breach incident that allowed unknown threat actors to access...
WhatsApp Phone Numbers Of Around 500 Million Users Up For Sale
Beware, if you are a WhatsApp user, there are chances that your phone number may be up for sale!
In a recent breach of data...
Google Agrees To Pay $391M To Settle Android Location Tracking Lawsuit
Google on Monday agreed to pay a record-breaking $391.5 million in settlement to settle a privacy lawsuit filed by a forty-state coalition of attorneys...
Apple Gets Sued Over App Store User Data Collection
Apple is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit that accuses it of violating user privacy by tracking, collecting, and monetizing the personal data of iPhone users,...
Google Sued For Collecting Biometric Data Without Consent
Texas attorney general (AG) Ken Paxton on Thursday filed a privacy lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google for allegedly collecting and using biometric data through the...
Indian Government Proposes Law To Access And Read Encrypted Messages
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) of India has proposed a new law for telecommunications in the country that would bring over-the-top communication services (OTT), including WhatsApp,...
Facebook And Instagram Apps Track Users Via In-App Browsers
A majority of apps and services by Meta track users' activity and personal information. It's no news for people who keep up with tech...
Amazon Gave Ring Doorbell Camera Footage To Police Without Consent
Amazon, the online retail giant, has confirmed handing over Ring doorbell camera footage to law enforcement at least eleven times so far this year...