Enforcement

Alphabet Inc.'s Google is changing its Maps tool so that the company no longer has access to users' individual location histories, cutting off its ability to respond to law enforcement warrants that ask for data on everyone who was in the vicinity of a crime.Google is changing its Location History feature on Google Maps, according to a blog post this week. The feature, which Google says is off by default, helps users remember where they've been. The company said Thursday that for users who have it enabled, location data …

Meta introduces end-to-end encryption on Messenger and Facebook, enhancing user privacy. While digital rights activists and the EU are happy with this, law enforcement agencies in the UK are livid Meta, the parent company of…

An unsealed complaint in a lawsuit filed against Meta by 33 states alleges the company is not only aware that children under the age of 13 use its platforms, but has also “coveted and pursued” this demographic for years on Instagram. The document, which was first spotted by The New York Times, claims that Meta has long been dishonest about how it handles underage users’ accounts when they’re discovered, often failing to disable them when reported and continuing to harvest their data.The newly unsealed complaint, filed on…

Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino refuted a Bloomberg report Wednesday stating that harmful content and hate speech have proliferated on the platform since Elon Musk bought the company. The report cites a number of expert sources, including a USC Marshall Neely Social Media Index survey that indicated more people were seeing content that’s “bad for the world” on Twitter than on social media platforms such as Facebook, Snapchat and TikTok. The report also included a variety of statistics related to slurs and offensive…

More than three dozen members of Congress have signed a letter pressuring the Biden administration to step up and close an oversight in federal privacy law that allows law enforcement to obtain access to abortion records and other sensitive health data without a warrant. Lawmakers writing the letter say additional protections are needed to strengthen the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to protect abortion seekers and other Americans from “warrantless government surveillance.”The FTC Just…

Conman Jyoti Ranjan Beura, better known as Golden Baba, has been in the news lately. He has been absconding since being released on bail from jail three years ago. He was arrested earlier in a multi-crore rupee fraud case. The department currently investigating the cases is probing the financial transactions of Golden Baba. Last month, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized a white-colored Audi Q5 luxury SUV that belonged to Golden Baba. Now, there are reports suggesting that another luxury car, a BMW 5 Series sedan…

Twitter is asking a federal court to rein in an investigation of the company by the Federal Trade Commission, claiming the probe “has spiraled out of control and become tainted by bias.” It also seeks to have an order by the agency that limits its data security practices thrown out. The company, now officially known as X Corp., also asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to block the FTC from deposing owner Elon Musk, claiming that its goal in questioning the billionaire “derives…

The Union Cabinet has given its approval to the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill today, multiple reports have confirmed. The aim of the bill is to protect the data of citizens and hold accountable business entities handling the same.Notably, personal data protection in India has been neglected for too long. My personal data was leaked in Domino's Pizza breach as well as Big Basket Breach back in 2020, but in the absence of a personal data protection bill, these organizations could not be held to account for…

File Photo: Pilot Scaling Cockpit Window After Being Locked Out of Plane (Photo Credits: Twitter/@MattRexroad)The DGCA has asked the heads of operations to sensitise their pilots and cabin crew members to strictly follow rules and prevent any 'unauthorised entry in the cockpit through appropriate means'In a strong response to incidents of unauthorised individuals being present in the cockpit, aviation regulator DGCA issued an advisory on Friday stating such incidents are likely to distract the cockpit crew from carrying…

WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a key part of President Biden’s plan for targeted immigration enforcement, ruling the administration may focus its efforts on arresting and deporting those who pose a current danger.In a 8-1 decision, the justices said Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to sue for the enforcement policy.Writing for the court, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh said “the states essentially want the federal judiciary to order the executive branch to alter its arrest policy so as to make more…