Google Using Emails for AI Training With Default Opt-In Option
MediaNama’s Take: Google’s decision to default users into allowing their inboxes to train its AI models shifts the responsibility for…
Uber Faces EU Legal Fight Over Algorithmic Driver Pay
Platform workers across the UK and Europe are preparing to mount a legal challenge against Uber’s algorithmic pay model. Stichting…
Travel Aggregators Report Zero Dark Patterns Despite Independent Studies Finding Violations
Cleartrip engaged Deloitte as an independent auditor to check for potential and unintended dark patterns across its platform, the company…
Dark Pattern Audits Of 18 E-Comm And Q-Comm Apps Released
MediaNama’s Take: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) releasing 18 dark pattern self-audit declarations marks the first time the public…
Google Announces ePNV, Other Features to Protect Indian Users
Google has announced a flurry of initiatives aimed at strengthening digital safety in India as the country rapidly embraces AI….
Tata 1mg and Pharmeasy Complete Self-Audits on Dark Patterns
Online pharmacies Tata 1mg and Pharmeasy have reported that they have completed self-audits on dark patterns as required by the…
Can The DPDP Act Protect Citizens from CCTV Surveillance?
“Upar wala sab kuch dekh rha hai” (The one above is watching everything) is the tag line of an ad…
Supreme Court to Review Petition on Airline Fare Hikes
We missed this earlier: The Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition challenging unregulated airline fare hikes and opaque…
PayGlocal Gets RBI Nod To Facilitate Cross-Border Transactions
Fintech company PayGlocal has received the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) final authorisation to operate as a Payment Aggregator –…
Privacy Enhancing Technologies ‘Core Engine’ for DPDP Delivery
Vikash Chaurasia, Scientist D in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s (MeitY’s) Cyber Laws and Data Governance Group, underscored…