A privacy watchdog rejected a call from Germany’s data protection regulator for an European ban on Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging service. The European Commission said that it will examine whether Ireland’s Facebook subsidiary is complying with the…
WhatsApp has rolled out its first major privacy-focused advertising campaign in the UK. The platform has fought back against pressure from governments, including the UK, to compromise on the way that it encrypts messages. WhatsApp boss: We would need more…
What is Pegasus spyware?
Having surfaced in mid-2016, Pegasus is stealthy and dangerous spyware for mobile, which can evade forensic analysis, and avoid detection by anti-virus software. Neither iOS or Android users are safe from its attack. The ‘Pegasus’…
Ireland’s data regulator announced a data breach fine for Facebook parent Meta. The 17 million euro fine comes for 12 data breach notifications from 2018. The reasons for the data breach fine According to Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner, Meta…
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission asks the court to allow its antitrust lawsuit against Facebook. FTC says that that the company’s had an “exclusionary conduct”, shutting out new competition. The monopolistic position brought the antitrust lawsuit In…
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) puts Facebook in trouble again, as it fined the company £50.5m ($70m), for its Giphy acquisition. The company is being investigated for breaking rules, and ignoring many warnings from the CMA. Its own actions put…
Facebook Marketplace helps the company move from its initial focus of connecting people through social media, to an e-commerce platform. The company is now accepting payments for goods directly from users. Facebook Marketplace now has over one billion users, and there are…
Sundar Pichai, the CEO for Google and Alphabet, announced the “Digitization Fund” plan for India. Thus, the company will invest $10bn in partnerships, ecosystem, operations and infrastructure.
In his post, Pichai emphasized that the company intends to create “new…
Facebook pay, a new payment service will let anyone send or receive money without fees. At the same time, Facebook mentioned that payment data across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger can be used for ads. So, you should pay with your data to use it. The service…
For a parent, it is compelling to allow a child to remain submerged in their apps on the devices while freeing one’s self from the inconvenience of 24/7 monitoring. But it is vital to monitor the child’s phone activity to avoid him/her getting entrapped by digital…
