Data Privacy

Truecaller goes through user’s financial transactions related messages

It is said to be doing an offline credit scoring of its users to ascertain their loan eligibility

Truecaller has 100 Mn daily active users from India, as of February 2019

WhatsApp global head Will Cathcart is currently in India to meet govt officials

Govt. has asked NPCI to look into the WhatsApp data storage practices

WhatsApp privacy policy states that it shares user information with Facebook and other service providers

The amendment bill will allow voluntary use of aadhaar for authentication of individuals

Prevents denial of citizen entitlements based on failed aadhaar authentication

The bill will now be introduced in Lok Sabha’s upcoming session

Facebook promises new form factors for the device by year-end

Portal was launched in 2018, the device’s starting price is $129

The device has been under controversy due to its data collection policy

Third party apps will be required to ask for user consent for per-file access

These updates are part of Google’s ongoing data privacy focused Project Strobe

Last amendments in the programme were made in October 2018

Users can now decide the time period for which their data should be saved

Earlier there were only two options of either keeping or not keeping the data

In April, Google started shutting down its social network Google+ over privacy issues

Facebook is being investigated by the US FTC for the Cambridge Analytica Scandal of 2018

The company has reported a 51% drop in its revenue as compared to Q1 FY18

Social networking platform reported 1.56 Bn daily active users on its platform

Nilekani spoke about India’s digital transformation at FICCI National Executive Meeting

The former UIDAI chairman spoke of the major digital initiatives of the last decade

“We have to make sure that both legally and technologically, we have as much protection as possible,” he said

Claims it ‘unintentionally uploaded’ email contacts of some new users

Security researchers likened Facebook’s methods to a phishing attack

Facebook has apologised and said it will stop giving this option to users

The proposal has been made by Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

It aims to avoid duplication of driving licences and help nab the guilty in road accident cases

The recent Aadhaar Amendment Bill allows voluntary use of Aadhaar by users to establish their identity

• Trai released its recommendations on ‘Privacy, Security and Ownership of Data in the Telecom Sector’, which are applicable to apps, browsers, operating systems, and handset makers
• IAMAI, ICA, and handset makers have objected to the recommendations
• The Data Protection Act is also being formulated by the Justice B N Srikrishna Committee

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