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Consumer Watchdog Issues Notices To 5 Restaurants For Charging Service Fee
Consumer watchdog CCPA has issued notices to five restaurants for continuing to impose mandatory service charges despite a recent Delhi High Court ruling upholding guidelines against the practice.
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Lava Breaches GrindavÃk's Defences as Volcanic Fissure Erupts in Iceland
A volcanic fissure has emerged near GrindavÃk, Iceland, following a series of strong earthquakes. The fissure, nearly 1,200 metres long, has breached the town’s defences, and authorities have evacuated residents, including those at the nearby Blue Lagoon spa. Roads in and out of the area have been shut, and a second fissure has appeared inside G...
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Meta AI Finally Rolling Out in Europe, to Offer Limited Features at First
Meta AI is finally rolling out in European countries. The company’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot will be available to users in the European Union (EU) nearly 1.5 years after it was first launched. This comes nearly eight months after the Menlo Park-based tech giant stated that the rollout of its AI services in the region will be delayed d...
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UK, US Said to Hold Talks in Bid to Resolve Apple Encryption Feud
British officials privately met with US counterparts to address concerns about the UK pressuring Apple Inc. to create a backdoor for accessing Americans' encrypted data. These talks followed Apple's removal of its advanced encryption feature for cloud data in the UK, following a directive by authorities there requesting encryption circumvention to ...
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Apple Pulls Advanced Data Protection Feature in UK Amid Government Demands
Apple is scrapping its most advanced security encryption feature for cloud data in Britain. The move means iCloud backups in Britain will no longer have that level of encryption, allowing Apple to access in certain cases user data that it otherwise could not, such as copies of iMessages, and hand it over to authorities if legally compelled. With en...
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Video: Wild Elephant Attacks JCB Machine In West Bengal After Being Provoked
The incident has sparked widespread outrage and calls for justice, with the community demanding action from authorities to protect the welfare of these creatures.
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Italy's Regulator Blocks Chinese AI App DeepSeek on Data Protection
Italy's data protection authority, the Garante has directed DeepSeek to restrict its AI assistant in Italy. The Garante's order - aimed at protecting Italian users' data - came after the Chinese companies that supply the DeepSeek chatbot service provided information that "was considered to totally insufficient."
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Brazil Suspends Sam Altman’s Iris-Scanning World Project, ANPD Issues Notice to Parent FirmÂ
The National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has suspended the services of World project within the country. A notice about the development was issued over the weekend to Sam Altman’s tech firm Tools for Humanity (TFH), that parents the World project.Â
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TRAI Mandates Telecom Operators to Offer Specialised Voice and SMS Packs, Benefitting Consumers in Rural Areas
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) issued the twelfth amendment to the Telecom Consumers Protection Regulations on Monday. This mandates telecommunications operators in India to offer specialised recharge vouchers with select services that concerned stakeholders require.
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TRAI Traceability Guidelines Start From December 1. What It Means For OTPs
The new traceability guidelines of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will come into effect on December 1, 2024, to protect consumers from spam and fraudulent messages.
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Meta Pushes Back Against FTC Effort to Toughen Privacy Order
A Meta lawyer told the FTC’s five commissioners at a hearing Tuesday that the consumer protection agency doesn’t have authority to modify the agreement without the company’s consent.
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Ola Claims it Resolved 99.1 Percent of Customer Complaints Amid CCPA Scrutiny Over Service Quality
Ola Electric has claimed it has resolved 99.1% of the 10,644 complaints it received, aiming to reassure customers about its complaint-handling system. This announcement comes after a show-cause notice from the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), which raised concerns over consumer rights violations. Alongside this, the company also faced ...
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Consumer Watchdog Orders Ola To Offer Refund Choices, Give Auto Ride Receipts
The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has directed ride-hailing platform Ola to implement consumer-friendly changes, including offering refund options and providing receipts for auto rides, the regulator said on Sunday.
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Ola Electric In Trouble? MHI Asks ARAI To Respond To Show Cause Notice
The Ministry of Heavy Industries has written to the Automotive Research Association of India to comment on the show cause notice regarding Ola Electric.
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Ola Electric Receives Show Cause Notice From CCPA For Alleged Customer Rights Violation
Ola Electric received a show-cause notice from Central Consumer Protection Authority after a war of words broke out on X (formerly Twitter) between Bhavish Aggarwal and Kunal Kamra.
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Consumer Watchdog Issues Notices To 5 Restaurants For Charging Service Fee
Consumer watchdog CCPA has issued notices to five restaurants for continuing to impose mandatory service charges despite a recent Delhi High Court ruling upholding guidelines against the practice.
-
Lava Breaches GrindavÃk's Defences as Volcanic Fissure Erupts in Iceland
A volcanic fissure has emerged near GrindavÃk, Iceland, following a series of strong earthquakes. The fissure, nearly 1,200 metres long, has breached the town’s defences, and authorities have evacuated residents, including those at the nearby Blue Lagoon spa. Roads in and out of the area have been shut, and a second fissure has appeared inside G...
-
Meta AI Finally Rolling Out in Europe, to Offer Limited Features at First
Meta AI is finally rolling out in European countries. The company’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot will be available to users in the European Union (EU) nearly 1.5 years after it was first launched. This comes nearly eight months after the Menlo Park-based tech giant stated that the rollout of its AI services in the region will be delayed d...
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UK, US Said to Hold Talks in Bid to Resolve Apple Encryption Feud
British officials privately met with US counterparts to address concerns about the UK pressuring Apple Inc. to create a backdoor for accessing Americans' encrypted data. These talks followed Apple's removal of its advanced encryption feature for cloud data in the UK, following a directive by authorities there requesting encryption circumvention to ...
-
Apple Pulls Advanced Data Protection Feature in UK Amid Government Demands
Apple is scrapping its most advanced security encryption feature for cloud data in Britain. The move means iCloud backups in Britain will no longer have that level of encryption, allowing Apple to access in certain cases user data that it otherwise could not, such as copies of iMessages, and hand it over to authorities if legally compelled. With en...
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Video: Wild Elephant Attacks JCB Machine In West Bengal After Being Provoked
The incident has sparked widespread outrage and calls for justice, with the community demanding action from authorities to protect the welfare of these creatures.
-
Italy's Regulator Blocks Chinese AI App DeepSeek on Data Protection
Italy's data protection authority, the Garante has directed DeepSeek to restrict its AI assistant in Italy. The Garante's order - aimed at protecting Italian users' data - came after the Chinese companies that supply the DeepSeek chatbot service provided information that "was considered to totally insufficient."
-
Brazil Suspends Sam Altman’s Iris-Scanning World Project, ANPD Issues Notice to Parent FirmÂ
The National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has suspended the services of World project within the country. A notice about the development was issued over the weekend to Sam Altman’s tech firm Tools for Humanity (TFH), that parents the World project.Â
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TRAI Mandates Telecom Operators to Offer Specialised Voice and SMS Packs, Benefitting Consumers in Rural Areas
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) issued the twelfth amendment to the Telecom Consumers Protection Regulations on Monday. This mandates telecommunications operators in India to offer specialised recharge vouchers with select services that concerned stakeholders require.
-
TRAI Traceability Guidelines Start From December 1. What It Means For OTPs
The new traceability guidelines of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will come into effect on December 1, 2024, to protect consumers from spam and fraudulent messages.
-
Meta Pushes Back Against FTC Effort to Toughen Privacy Order
A Meta lawyer told the FTC’s five commissioners at a hearing Tuesday that the consumer protection agency doesn’t have authority to modify the agreement without the company’s consent.
-
Ola Claims it Resolved 99.1 Percent of Customer Complaints Amid CCPA Scrutiny Over Service Quality
Ola Electric has claimed it has resolved 99.1% of the 10,644 complaints it received, aiming to reassure customers about its complaint-handling system. This announcement comes after a show-cause notice from the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), which raised concerns over consumer rights violations. Alongside this, the company also faced ...
-
Consumer Watchdog Orders Ola To Offer Refund Choices, Give Auto Ride Receipts
The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has directed ride-hailing platform Ola to implement consumer-friendly changes, including offering refund options and providing receipts for auto rides, the regulator said on Sunday.
-
Ola Electric In Trouble? MHI Asks ARAI To Respond To Show Cause Notice
The Ministry of Heavy Industries has written to the Automotive Research Association of India to comment on the show cause notice regarding Ola Electric.
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Ola Electric Receives Show Cause Notice From CCPA For Alleged Customer Rights Violation
Ola Electric received a show-cause notice from Central Consumer Protection Authority after a war of words broke out on X (formerly Twitter) between Bhavish Aggarwal and Kunal Kamra.
