WhatsApp violates privacy laws over phone numbers: Report WhatsApp, one of the most popular apps in the world, contravenes international privacy laws because it forces users to provide access to their entire address book, Canadian and Dutch data protection authorities said. ...  
05:29 AM, Jan 29, 2013

Google to pay $22.5 million fine for privacy breach San Francisco: A federal judge has approved a $22.5 million fine to penalise Google for an alleged privacy breach, rejecting a consumer-rights group's plea for tougher punishment. The blessing from US District Judge Susan Illston came late Friday. She made her ruling a few hours after a hearing in San Francisco for final arguments about a fine that's the cornerstone a settlement reached three months ago between the Federal Trade...  
12:00 PM, Nov 18, 2012