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The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) disclosed a data breach involving attachments from its online complaint form. Search engines accidentally indexed these attachments, making them publicly accessible. An independent investigator said the breach occurred between April 3 and April 10, 2025. Attachments uploaded from March 24 to April 10, 2025, were affected. The breach also […]
The company stated that some customers were deceived and had their funds stolen.
South Korea has fined Chinese e-commerce platform Temu nearly one million dollars for illegally transferring the personal information of Korean users to China and other countries, according to the country’s data protection watchdog. Temu, along with other fast-growing Chinese platforms like Shein and AliExpress, has gained massive popularity across the world by offering a wide […]
Steam has denied all claims about a recent data leak. A few days ago, several reports suggested that hackers had stolen data from over 89 million Steam accounts from steam systems. However, Steam has now made it clear that these claims are false. Even though platforms like Epic Games Store, GOG, and Xbox Store exist, […]
Christian Dior informed some of its customers via text message on Monday about a data breach involving unauthorized access to their personal information. The breach was discovered on May 7, when Dior identified that external parties had accessed certain customer data without permission.The leaked information includes customers’ names, gender, phone numbers, email addresses, mailing addresses, […]
Google has agreed to settle a case with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) by paying a penalty of ₹20.2 crore over its conduct related to Android TV. The CCI had earlier found a prima facie case of Google misusing its dominant position in the smart TV segment. This is the third such case against […]
Google has agreed to pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle claims that it collected users’ data without permission, announced Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday. Paxton stated that the settlement sends a clear message to tech companies that they cannot profit from violating privacy rights. “In Texas, Big Tech is not above the law,” […]
Nishant Pitti, the founder and chairman of EaseMyTrip, has warned Indian travellers about possible national security risks when using certain travel booking platforms. He pointed out that some companies, especially those with large Chinese ownership, might be accessing sensitive data like Indian passport details. In a post on X, Pitti urged people to be careful […]
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed a lawsuit against Roku, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The lawsuit claims that Roku violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the Michigan Consumer Protection Act. According to the lawsuit, Roku collected personal information from children without notifying parents […]
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) blocked the request by European Investment Bank (EIB) 4 to transfer personal data—specically contact details—to India and few other non-EU countries. The EDPS cited weak privacy protections under India’s current legal framework. The EU data regulator released this decision in its latest annual report. It acted just months after […]