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The Data Protection Bill will stop misuse of customer data and punish offenders, says IT MoS

According to government sources, a new data protection measure will be presented to Parliament during its winter session.

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The Data Protection Bill

The proposed Data Protection Bill will stop the misuse of customer data and will penalise the violators, said Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday.

The minister for state made the above remarks in response to Google’s settlement of a US inquiry. The investigation found that the Internet giant deceived customers and continued tracking their locations even after they opted out of the location tracking system. Teh Oregon Department of Justice said that Google has agreed to resolve the complaint and that it would pay about $392 million (approximately Rs 3,178 crore).

In a tweet made by Chandrasekhar, he said that his time of misuse of customer data violates privacy and date protection expectations. India’s Digital Date Protection bill will end this and will ensure that any platform or intermediary app that violates the bill will be penalised and will face financial consequences.

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The government withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill from Lok Sabha in August and announced it would introduce a series of fresh legislations that would be compatible with the overall legal framework.

According to government sources, a new data protection measure will be presented to Parliament during its winter session.

Over 95 per cent of the Indian smartphone market is dominated by Google’s Android. The Oregon Department of Justice elaborated on the settlement, stating that location data is a crucial component of Google’s digital advertising business. The business creates complete user profiles and targets adverts using the behavioural and personal information it gathers. Location information is perhaps some of the most delicate and important personal data that Google gathers.

Even a small bit of location information can be utilised to infer personal information and reveal a person’s identify and routines. The US attorneys general determined that Google has misled customers about its location monitoring methods since at least 2014, in violation of state consumer protection laws. According to the statement, “Google specifically misled its customers about the degree to which they may limit Google’s location tracking by modifying their account and device settings.”

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Unseen picture of Google CEO Sundar Pichai, former Match Group CEO Sharmistha Dubey from their 1993 graduation ceremony goes viral

Unseen viral photo of Google CEO Sundar Pichai from his IIT days, shared by Ananya Lohani, featuring Sharmishtha Dubey at the 1993 IIT Kharagpur convocation.

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An unseen photograph of Google CEO Sundar Pichai from his IIT Kharagpur convocation day in 1993 has gone viral on across social media platforms. The viral picture also shows Sharmistha Dubey, former CEO of Match Group, which owns dating apps like Hinge, OkCupid and Tinder.

An X user Ananya Lohani, shared the photograph on X and revealed her father graduated along with Sundar Pichai and Sharmishtha Dubey.  She captioned the post and wrote that her dad just shared this picture of his IIT KGP convocation (1993) with him, Sundar Pichai and Sharmistha Dubey in the same frame. This is absolutely insane.

The post has gone viral with 781000 views, 466 retweets and 9600 likes which are only increasing. Large number of X user users and Sundar Pichai fans started commenting on the viral picture with many of them also sharing the unseen photograph. One X user Yajas Sardana wrote Ananya Lohani has the most supreme referral google has ever seen.

Another user criticized Sundar Pichai for going abroad to work for google. He was of the opinion that Sundar Pichai could have stayed back in India and contributed towards the growth and development of the nation in a much better manner.

One X user Mikku said he was interested to know what profession Ananya Lohani’s father was currently involved in? May users sent their love on the viral picture with complimentary wishes.

One X user Prabhav Sharma said this picture is going to go viral and will be all over the internet.

One user Prakhar Patwardhan said Ananya Lohani’s father must be proud of her father’s achievement. He also asked her if her father is still in contact with Pichhai.

Another user asked if Sundar Pichai will pick up his father’s call if he called him?

One X user Jyotirup Samal said his father was in  MTech in the same year at IIT Kharagpur when Sunder Pichai was in his final year.

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Government agency warns of high severity vulnerability in Apple devices

The vulnerability also effects iOS and iPad versions before the16.7.7 update, which is available on iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad gen 5,iPad Pro 9.7 –inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch gen1.

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The Indian Computer Emergency Response team has issued warning for Apple devices. The agency has given a high severity rating to the issue. The government body has found remote code execution vulnerability in Apple devices. This can leave a device vulnerable to exploitation by a hacker, who could remotely gain access on a device and execute arbitrary code on the targeted system.

According to the CERT warning, the vulnerability effects iPhone and iPad users whose devices are on iOS and iPadOS versions prior to 17.4.1. This version is available for all iPhones after iPhone XS, iPadPro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, all versions after iPad Pro 10.5 inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air gen 3 and later, iPad gen 6 and later, and iPad mini version after gen 5.

The vulnerability also effects iOS and iPad versions before the16.7.7 update, which is available on iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad gen 5,iPad Pro 9.7 –inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch gen1. In addition to that, the remote code execution vulnerability also affects Apple Safari versions prior to 17.4.1, which is available for MacOS venture versions prior to 13.6.6, and mac OS Sonoma versions prior to 14.4.1.

Apart from the iPhone, Macbook, iPad, there is also a warning for Vision Pro headset users, due to vulnerability in the Vision OS versions before 1.1.1. The vulnerability note on the CERT-in website reveals that the issue is due to an out of bounds write issue in WebRTC and Core Media. This means that the security flaw could let a hacker trick someone into visiting a specific link, which could then be used to attack the device remotely.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the targeted system. In order to ensure security of one’s devices the Apple iOS and iPadOS devices should be updated with the latest software versions to benefit from security fixes.

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Bill Gates hits the right chai note in insta reel, shares video

The video shared by the Gates begins by him saying One Chai Please to Dolly Chaiwala. Dolly Chaiwala runs the Dolly ki Tapri Nagpur page on Instagram and he became famous for his distinct style of making and serving tea. As the video progresses, Gates says that he is excited to be back in India which is the home to incredible innovators, working on new ways to save and improve lives and even make a cup of tea.

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Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft shared a delightful video on his Instagram handle. In the video the Tech Tycoon experiences the local culture in a very personal way – by enjoying a cup of chai. The video has gone viral on social media platforms features Bill Gates along with Nagpur’s famous Dolly Chaiwala.

The video shared by the Gates begins by him saying One Chai Please to Dolly Chaiwala. Dolly Chaiwala runs the Dolly ki Tapri Nagpur page on Instagram and he became famous for his distinct style of making and serving tea. As the video progresses, Gates says that he is excited to be back in India which is the home to incredible innovators, working on new ways to save and improve lives and even make a cup of tea. The video ends with an on screen caption which reads Looking Forward To Many Chai Pe Charcha!

Sharing the video Bill Gates captioned it: In India, you can find innovation everywhere you turn – even in the preparation of a simple cup of tea! The original video shared by Bill Gates has so far got 1,844,998 likes till now. Large number of social media users commented on the video. Swiggyindia asked him how much did he pay for the cup of tea? One user ShekharNishad was of the opinion that every Indian will be shocked after watching this video. One user said the video is superb. Another user said Dolly Chaiwala is the luckiest guy on earth.

Gates has been in India for quite some time and during his visit so far, he has visited Microsoft’s India Development Centre (IDC) in Hyderabad, a slum in Bhubaneshwar, and Biju Adarsh Colony in the Maa Mangla Basti along with state government officials. But his visit to Nagpur’s Chaiwala has left people on social media surprised.

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