Complaints

Indian actor Ranveer Singh has been accused of “hurting women’s sentiments” in complaints filed in India after he shared nude photographs from his Paper Magazine shoot on social media.Last week, the 37-year-old actor became one of the firsts from Bollywood to have posed completely naked on the cover of a magazine.On Monday (26 July), a Mumbai-based resident submitted a legal complaint against the Bajirao Mastani star, alleging that he “insulted women’s modesty”.Another person – matrimonial lawyer Vedika Chaubey – also…

The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), that comes under the ministry of consumer affairs, recently said the regulator has issued notices to four to five EV two-wheeler makers in the light of several complaints raised by the consumers over battery explosions and fire incidents.CCPA chief commissioner Nidhi Khare said here that the regulator would soon begin the hearing on this subject once the responses from the EV manufacturers are in.The CCPA has received several complaints from the EV two-wheeler buyers.Khare…

Travelers at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in the Queens borough of New York, US, on Friday, July 2, 2022.Angus Mordant | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesStaffing shortages. Delays. Lost luggage. Massive lines. High fares. Air travelers in 2022 have plenty to complain about. By many measures travel is worse than last year, but here's how this year's problems compare with before the pandemic:The U.S. Department of Transportation recorded 2,413 complaints against U.S. airlines in May, compared with only 814 in the same month of 2019,…

A total of 7,813 complaints have been received against banks and NBFCs pertaining to digital lending apps and recovery agents under the Integrated Ombudsman Scheme of RBI during the period April 1, 2021 to March 3, this year.Most of the complaints pertain to lending apps promoted by entities not regulated by the RBI, such as companies other than NBFCs, unincorporated bodies, and individuals. Major concerns raised in such complaints were issues of exorbitant interest, charges levied by digital lending apps, and harassment…

Apple's Reminders app has gone from strength to strength after a decidedly rocky start, but now the task management app is set to get even better when iOS 16 launches later this year. Come fall, Reminders will allow people to display a badge that will "Include Due Today" as well as overdue items. As with so much of iOS 16, this little tweak is a prime example of a quality of life improvement that presumably took a relatively small amount of work on Apple's part but will make Reminders a viable option for more people. In…

US online retail giant Amazon has made it easier for users to cancel their subscriptions to its fast shipping club Prime with just two clicks, following complaints from consumer groups, the European Commission said on Friday.European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), the Norwegian Consumer Council and the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue took their grievances to the EU executive in April last year.They said users had to go through numerous hurdles such as complicated navigation menus, skewed wording and confusing choices, to…

US online retail giant Amazon has made it easier for users to cancel their subscriptions to its fast shipping club Prime with just two clicks, following complaints from consumer groups, the European Commission said. European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), the Norwegian Consumer Council and the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue took their grievances to the EU executive in April last year. They said users had to go through numerous hurdles such as complicated navigation menus, skewed wording and confusing choices, to…

Alphabet unit Google has been targeted by a French consumer group and its peers in complaints to privacy watchdogs over its vast trove of users' personal data harvested via their Google accounts, European consumer organisation BEUC said on Thursday.In addition to the French consumer group, others in Greece, the Czech Republic, Norway and Slovenia have taken their gripes to their data protection authorities, BEUC said.It said the German consumer body had sent a warning letter to Google that could lead to a civil lawsuit,…

Twitter is preparing to grant Elon Musk unprecedented access to platform data in an effort to address his concerns about automated accounts, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. Citing a person familiar with the company’s thinking, the report says Twitter is preparing to give Musk access to the so-called “firehose” API that contains every tweet as it is posted. In April, Musk legally committed to purchasing Twitter but has grown increasingly vocal about possible bot activity on the platform, in what some see as…

NHTSA issued a letter to Tesla after receiving 758 reports that its most popular vehicles brake for unexpected reasons. Photo: Mark Hertzberg/Zuma Press…