Apple removes spam message app from App Store
July 6th, 2012 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
San Francisco, July 6 (IANS) Apple has removed an application collecting users' address book contacts from its App Store, which was taken as the first instance of iOS App Store ... Read more...
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China to redefine personal data stealing laws
July 5th, 2012 - 5:41 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 4 (IANS) China has plans to redefine regulations about stealing personal data as it causes a lot of inconvenience to the general public.According to a senior officer from ... Read more...
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Kim Dotcom: ‘Many Megaupload users are from the US Government’
March 13th, 2012 - 12:14 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Mar 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has stirred a hornet’s nest when he alleged that many of the Megaupload users are in reality top officials of the US ... Read more...
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Internet firms spy on personal texts sent on smartphones
February 26th, 2012 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 26 (IANS) Top internet firms like Facebook, Yahoo and Flickr are able to read personal text messages and photographs sent via smartphones because many mobile phone apps ... Read more...
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Chidambaram launches BSF’s intranet project
January 5th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram Thursday inaugurated the Border Security Force's (BSF) Rs.229 crore intranet project, which facilitate its personnel to easily access their personal data ... Read more...
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Facebook could be taken to court over alleged tracking
November 17th, 2011 - 10:54 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Nov 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Facebook could be dragged before the US Congress following reports that the social networking site tracks users even after they have logged out. After months of ... Read more...
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Hackers could make your car unsafe, McAfee warns
September 9th, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 9 (IANS) Hackers could shut down your running car and expose you to all-too-sudden dangers - so beware, says anti-virus firm McAfee.It warns that greater reliance on computers ... Read more...
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Over 2.8 crore unique identity numbers issued
August 24th, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Over 2.8 crore Aadhaars -- unique identity numbers (UID) -- have so far been issued across the country with Andra Pradesh leading the project having ... Read more...
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Tony Blair’s personal data hacked
June 26th, 2011 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 26 (IANS) Personal details about former British prime minister Tony Blair have been hacked and released on the internet, The Sun reported Sunday.Names, addresses and phone numbers of ... Read more...
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Personal data on Russians being sold in malls
June 26th, 2011 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Electronic databases that contain personal details about Russian citizens as well as "state secrets" are being sold illegally in Moscow's shopping malls, police said.The Federal ... Read more...
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Brazilian government websites hacked
June 25th, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, June 25 (IANS) Two Brazilian government websites were hacked Friday in a string of internet invasions that was launched by various groups in January, a ... Read more...
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Hackers attack Lockheed Martin site
May 29th, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 29 (IANS) Hackers attacked the site of Lockheed Martin, a top American military weapons developer, Saturday night, but officials said no sensitive information was stolen during the ... Read more...
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Sony announces $3.1 billion annual loss
May 27th, 2011 - 1:06 am ICT by BNO News
TOKYO, JAPAN (BNO NEWS) -- Sony, the Japanese electronics giant, on Thursday announced a $3.1 billion annual loss as of March 31. This was the third year in a row that the ... Read more...
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Half of Brits ‘would erase all personal data online over reputation fear’
April 19th, 2011 - 12:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 19 (ANI): A survey by security firm Norton has revealed that more than half of British adults are so concerned about their online reputation that they would erase everything they ... Read more...
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Google to face independent privacy audits for 20 yrs for ‘violating privacy promises’
March 31st, 2011 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 31 (ANI): The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ordered independent privacy audits on Google for the next 20 years over charges that it "violated its own privacy promises".The BBC ... Read more...
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Facebook testing instant ads feature based on user status updates
March 25th, 2011 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 25 (ANI): Facebook has confirmed it was testing a new programme that will instantly display ads based on users' status updates.According to the New York Post, the social networking ... Read more...
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EU to have right ‘to be forgotten’ law online
March 18th, 2011 - 7:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar.18 (ANI): The European Union has said it will soon introduce a legislation called 'right to be forgotten,' that will allow people to have all their stored personal information permanently ... Read more...
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EU to impose law to save privacy of social network users
March 17th, 2011 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 17 (IANS) The European Union will enforce a law to ensure users of social networking websites such as Facebook the "right to be forgotten" on the world ... Read more...
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Facebook bug that allows personal data access, phishing repaired
February 6th, 2011 - 11:27 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 6 (ANI): A Facebook security threat that would allow anyone to access your personal data has been repaired by the company.The vulnerability was discovered by Rui Wang and Zhou ... Read more...
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Mark Zuckerberg Gets Congress Letter On Privacy Policy
February 5th, 2011 - 7:23 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Feb 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Facebook - the extremely popular social networking site is hogging headlines again and this time it is because of its CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The young CEO ... Read more...
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Interactive window-shopping could soon be a reality
January 15th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 15 (ANI): Interactive window shopping has been tested only in lab simulations till now, but experts from the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) in Berlin, Germany, are ... Read more...
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‘See who viewed your profile’ is latest Facebook scam
November 30th, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 30 (ANI): There is no way to see who has viewed your profile on Facebook. Hence, any app that offers to do so is a scam.Developer and vendor ... Read more...
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China launches electronic passports
November 27th, 2010 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 27 (IANS) China has launched its first ever electronic passports that would contain information in microchips.The adoption of electronic passports complies with international trends and plays an important role in ... Read more...
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Half of Oz teens share personal data with strangers online
November 23rd, 2010 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 23 (ANI): A new study has revealed that half of Australian teenagers share their personal data online with strangers.Research conducted by Internet security firm McAfee also stated that cyber bullying ... Read more...
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Google to delete personal data collected accidentally
November 21st, 2010 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 21 (IANS) Google has agreed to delete all personal data collected by its Street View cars from unsecured wireless networks.Google sparked an international outrage last month after it admitted to ... Read more...
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US workers alert after breach of data
November 7th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) More than 12,000 workers of a US government agency are facing the risk of identity theft after one of its employees sent the names and Social Security numbers ... Read more...
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TRAI seeks opinion on controlling mobile phone theft
November 2nd, 2010 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) The telecom regulator Tuesday sought the opinion of service providers on ways to block lost or stolen mobile phones, discourage handset theft and protect consumer ... Read more...
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MySpace reveals that it has leaked some personal data to advertisers
October 25th, 2010 - 9:15 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Oct 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) MySpace has revealed that some of its third party apps are violating the website’s privacy terms by sharing personal information of users with companies.When a ... Read more...
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Half of second-hand phones contain personal data
October 13th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Oct 13 (ANI): A new research has revealed that consumers inadvertently pass on their personal data like intimate photos and credit card numbers and pins to strangers when they discard mobile ... Read more...
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Google cleared of grabbing personal data
July 30th, 2010 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 30 (IANS) Internet giant Google "did not grab" personal details but it happened "accidentally" when it was collecting data from wi-fi networks, Britain's top information office has said.
The Information Commissioner ... Read more...
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Another Facebook Information Leak Raises Concern Over Security Policy
July 29th, 2010 - 7:20 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
July 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The privacy settings of the social networking website Facebook has long been a matter of concern for lawmakers and millions of Facebook users. While the company ... Read more...
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The Governor Of Utah Launches A Probe Into The Embarrassing ‘Listgate’
July 21st, 2010 - 9:08 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
July 21, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The Governor of the American state of Utah happens to be Gary Herbert. He has now commanded an inquiry into whether the bureaucrats of Utah ... Read more...
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‘Google collected private data from Spanish Wi-Fi networks’
June 14th, 2010 - 5:36 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, June 14 (IANS/EFE) Google has "illegally" collected private data from Wi-Fi networks in Spain through its Street View project, a crime prevention association said Sunday.
A complaint has been filed against Google ... Read more...
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Making personal data fade away to protect net privacy
June 10th, 2010 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 10 (IANS) A method that makes personal information of netizens fade away online over time - just letting the details gradually disappear from view - can be formulated, according ... Read more...
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Google WiFi privacy row: CEO Schmidt admits screwing up in UK
June 4th, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 4 (ANI): Search engine Google "screwed up" after its Street Cars wrongly mapped every wireless network in Britain to use the information for commercial purposes, Eric Schmidt, its chief executive, ... Read more...
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