NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Google has tweaked the privacy policy of its Indian digital payments mobile application, days after local rival Paytm complained that the US tech giant’s platform allowed disclosure of customer data for Read more…
Record labels and movie production companies work hard to protect their copyrights, especially when it comes to digital distribution solutions, which has resulted in all kinds of restrictions in how content can be copied, distributed Read more…
GENEVA (Reuters) – Many governments are neglecting or ignoring their duty to protect online encryption that helps ensure freedom of expression and privacy, the UN expert on freedom of expression said on Monday. In many Read more…
Various speakers at a data privacy workshop in Myanmar urged the government to adopt cyber security policies that offer strong data protection for citizens but enable data to flow freely across borders. The workshop – Read more…
From time to time Disruptive.Asia posts stories about China’s increasing use of digital technologies like big data, AI and facial recognition to create a digital panopticon state of sorts. But it’s not just about spying Read more…
(Reuters) – Google has been accused in a lawsuit of illegally tracking the movements of millions of iPhone and Android phone users even when they use a privacy setting to prevent it. According to a Read more…
Remember when industry observers used to say that data is the new oil and we used to nod and agree and secretly wonder what they meant? Then they said that data is the new currency Read more…
Most people know by now that Google can track not only your online activity, but also your physical location via Google Maps. It’s also reasonably well-known that users can opt out of being tracked via Read more…
There is probably nothing as irritating at the moment as those self-righteous Facebook adverts that champion data privacy. ‘Misuse of data is not your friend’ they cry. ‘Who misused it in the first place,’ we Read more…
The days of consumers sacrificing data privacy and security for convenience are drawing to a close, according to the findings of a new APAC survey conducted by YouGov and F5 Networks – but not at Read more…
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