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WhatsApp Claims to Share Only Limited Payment Data With Facebook

11Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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WhatsApp Claims to Share Only Limited Payment Data With Facebook

The well-known messaging app Whatsapp has stated that it shares only limited data of payment service with its owner firm Facebook and the parent company does not utilize the data for the commercial purpose. The messaging app has been lately working on its payment feature had to postpone the launch due to the ongoing Facebook data scam. Whatsapp payments service has partnered with UPI to launch an in-app payment service on its platform and, at present, is in beta version in India. Its users are concerned how much of their information is being shared with Facebook and how is the social media using it. This is the reason why WhatsApp has been compelled to put up an explanation in this regard. On its official website, Whatsapp claimed, "Facebook does not use WhatsApp payment information fo...

Facebook Bug Changed The Privacy Settings of 14 Million Users

8Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Facebook Bug Changed The Privacy Settings of 14 Million Users

The most popular online social media platform Facebook recognized a technical malfunction on Thursday due to which the default privacy settings of around 14 million users were changed, making their posts public even if they were determined to be private. The Facebook users who thought they might be sharing their content privately only with their friends unintentionally shared their posts with everyone on the platform because of the software bug. The company yet again failed to keep the information of millions of users private. The company blamed a software bug for this problem and stated that it went back and reclassified the affected posts to the user's default setting before the bug, and the problem has now been resolved. Also, it has been mentioned that Facebook will notify and in...

Facebook Confirms Sharing Users Data with Chinese Companies

6Jun By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

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Facebook Confirms Sharing Users Data with Chinese Companies

Facebook has informed that it had data sharing agreements with four Chinese consumer makers including Huawei Technologies Co. that has sparked privacy concerns yet again where the social media company has repeatedly failed to explain how personal information flows beyond Facebook. The agreements were signed back in 2010 and the Huawei deal would end by a weekend, said Facebook. Other companies that had collaboration with Facebook over data sharing include Lenovo, Oppo and TCL. The agreement with Chinese companies allowed them to retrieve detailed information on both device users as well as that of friends-including religious and political leanings, education, work and relationship status, stated The New York Times yesterday. A leading financial daily said in its report, The dea...

Facebook Grants Deep Data Access to Device Makers

4Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Facebook Grants Deep Data Access to Device Makers

The most popular social networking platform Facebook formed an association with a total of 60 gadget makers for the purpose of data-sharing. Out of the sixty companies, Apple, Amazon, BlackBerry, Microsoft and Samsung are some among others that partnered with the social media giant for the defined purpose. Facebook had reached the specified device makers over the last decade, initiating before Facebook apps were extensively available on smartphones. The deals as mentioned, enabled Facebook to grow and expand its extent and also to let the partner companies provide popular social networking features, for instance, messaging, the ability to post photos, directly from a device without using the Facebook app, ‘like’ button and address books. It was also being said that the device compani...

Indian Activists Urge the Messaging Apps to Modify their Group Chat Feature

2Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Indian Activists Urge the Messaging Apps to Modify their Group Chat Feature

The technology-based messaging apps like Whatsapp Messenger, Telegram, Signal, Facebook and others are now obliged to bring in customization in the group chat feature on their respective platforms. A group of Indian activists on Friday said that the modifications should be made so that the users can no longer be added to group chats without express consent. The letter signed by Software Freedom Law Centre and a few other civil society organizations and individuals read,"In the absence of a mechanism to prevent themselves from being added to groups that they would not like to participate in, users have no option but to manually exit the groups." The Indian activists sent an open letter to the CEOs of the messaging service providers including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Telegram ...

IT Ministry Questions NPCI for details on WhatsApp Pay

1Jun By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

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IT Ministry Questions NPCI for details on WhatsApp Pay

The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has issued a fresh letter to National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) seeking details about the digital payment service of Facebook-owned platform WhatsApp that is due to be formally launched in India this month. The government body which had earlier sought clarifications from the NPCI on WhatsApp Payment service issued a fresh letter this week asking details on data storage policy of US-based service and how data will be shared with its parent company. MeitY, in particular, has raised objections over WhatsApp not complying with two-factor authentication laid by India's Apex Bank RBI in addition to expressing concerns over the management of user's data. A copy of the letter has also been sent to RBI. Lack of a two-factor authenticati...

Whatsapp all Pumped up to Launch its in-app Payment Feature

30May By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Whatsapp all Pumped up to Launch its in-app Payment Feature

The Facebook-owned popular messaging application WhatsApp is pumped up to launch its first ever payment service across India making it the first country to support in-app payments. This feature is reported to be introduced as early as next week with an aim to achieve market shares. The payment feature will enable the country’s population to make payments to anyone on their WhatsApp contact list, as well as receive money through the app. Some of the largest banks in the country - HDFC Bank Ltd., ICICI Bank Ltd. and Axis Bank Ltd. have partnered with the messaging app to make this service available to the people. Also, it is being said that the State Bank of India will join once the necessary systems are in place. It is being informed that the social media giant Facebook was seeking to in...

30May By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Facebook on a Hunt for India Head

The social media giant Facebook is up for finalizing its new head for the operations in India, and it is basically looking for Top media and FMCG executives. The interviews regarding the same are being taken up by the company’s vice-president for global marketing solutions David Fischer who is in the country for this purpose. A decision would be taken by him after reviewing and close examination. The sources convey that the shortlisted candidates included Hotstar CEO Ajit Mohan, Tata Sky MD Harit Nagpal, Star India MD Sanjay Gupta, and former Karnataka IT secretary Srivatsa Krishna, among others. The leading candidates among these are Hotstar and Tata Sky executives. The job description, for that matter, states that the new India leader will be responsible for Facebook's India ope...

Top 10 Most Valuable Brands in The World Right Now

29May By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

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Top 10 Most Valuable Brands in The World Right Now

A new list talking of world's most valuable brands has been released and dragon country China has bagged top spots for the very first time. Ranked at No. 9, Jack Ma's Alibaba has joined along with Chinese Tech Giant Tencent alongside behemoth stalwarts such as Google and Apple. Alibaba has witnessed its brand value go double to $113 billion as the e-commerce firm has diversified its portfolio landing into mobile payments and cloud computing. Meanwhile, Tencent too has managed to secure a place in BrandZ top 10 ranking in 2017 and has gone from strength to strength over the past year. With a brand value of 179 billion, up by 65% compared to the company holds the 5th place behind giants Google, Apple, Amazon (AMZN) and Microsoft (MSFT) but above Facebook (FB). The BrandZ ranking ...

Google, Facebook face over $9 billion fine as GDPR Impact

26May By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

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Google, Facebook face over $9 billion fine as GDPR Impact

Its just been a few hours when European Union's (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect and now a news has surfaced that Google and Facebook have been hit with privacy complaints that could carry fines of up to $9.3 billion in total. Austrian privacy-advocacy group Noyb.eu has said that with regard to privacy, Facebook, Google, and Facebook-owned Instagram and WhatsApp are forcing people to adopt a "take it or leave it" approach which eventually demands them to give in to platform's intrusive terms of service. The group has said in its statement, Tonnes of 'consent boxes' popped up online or in applications, often combined with a threat, that the service can no longer be used if user (s) do not consent. Moreover, It is asking regulators in Germany, Austria...

Facebook Releases Searchable Archive of U.S. Political Ads

25May By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

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Facebook Releases Searchable Archive of U.S. Political Ads

Social Media Giant, Facebook has launched an archive of US political ad on its platform which showcases details like who paid for them and other details, after an outcry over Russians' alleged purchase of such ads during the 2016 elections. Facebook which today has 2.2 billion monthly active users had promised seven months ago to create a cache in context of U.S. congressional hearings that it wanted to increase transparency on its role in political advertising. The company has said that the archive tool will be rolled out to other countries in coming months. Meanwhile, on Thursday, Rob Leathern, Facebook’s director of ad product management said in his blog statement that all U.S. ads about elections or political issues on Facebook and Instagram must be labelled with the payer. He...

WhatsApp New Bug Makes “Blocking Contacts” Ineffective

24May By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

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WhatsApp New Bug Makes “Blocking Contacts” Ineffective

The messaging service platform WhatsApp has again garnered attention as a new bug has been reported on the app which is creating a problem for users. The bug lets blocked accounts send messages to people who have blocked them. "Block" account feature which provides respite to users from spammers and pesky callers has gone "non-functional" due to the bug. Since there is no official confirmation from the company on this issue, there is no fix available for it now. However, one thing users can do is to first block contacts and then again block them to avoid receiving messages from them. The news of the latest bug has come right after the app rollout new features and improvements last week. In its official blog, WhatsApp had posted, Groups have been an important part of the WhatsApp exp...