New Delhi: Having the largest young working population in the world, India has been at the forefront of upgrading skills as per global standards. This is being achieved through significant industry involvement, the aim of which is to enable innovati
Updated Jan 17, 2021 | 14:46 IST
In full-page advertisements across print media, the company said it is delaying the implementation of new privacy policy owing to “misinformation” and “confusion”. Let s find out what it entails. IRM: How will WhatsApp’s new privacy policy impact the users? | Photo Credit: Times Now
The issue of WhatsApp updating its privacy policy for increased data sharing with Facebook sparked a furore forcing it to roll back the proposed norms.
On India Revival Mission Council, we understand the controversy around WhatsApp with respect to its privacy policy which sparked a massive debate. The messaging app earlier decided to update its privacy policy allowing it to share the user’s WhatsApp data with parent Facebook.
Cyber security is becoming big business. Here s why
Illustration by Raj Verma
Grocery is a boring, low-margin business. But that did not prevent cyber criminals from stealing data of 20 million customers of online grocer BigBasket and selling it for a staggering $40,000 or nearly Rs 30 lakh on the dark web. And that too non-financial data such as name, email ID, PIN, contact number, address, date of birth, location, IP address.
BigBasket had thankfully not stored customers financial data such as debit/credit card details. But companies and their customers are not always so fortunate. In 2016, security of close to 3.2 million debit cards issued by major banks, including SBI, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Yes Bank and Axis Bank, among others, was compromised. The breach, caused by a malware on an ATM network, resulted in not just financial loss to consumers and banks but also dented people s trust in digital banking.