Earlier this week, Xiaomi held its Security and Privacy Awareness meeting at the company’s Science and Technology Park. During this conference, it highlighted its information security and privacy protection practices to its employees, industry executives, industry experts, and the public.

Furthermore, the Chinese tech giant also distributed white papers on security and privacy along with a transparency report about data security at the meeting. Notably, this is also the second Xiaomi Security and Privacy Month Awareness that the company has held. For 2021, the company had a theme of “Security is our shared responsibility. Always think before you act.” The meeting from the brand is to showcase its efforts in pursuing industry leading standards on security and privacy to reinforce its commitment to transparency (Via YahooFinance).

Cui Baoqiu, the company’s Vice President and Chairman of the Security and Privacy Committee stated that “As a leading Android smartphone manufacturer, we carry a great responsibility. We are committed to letting consumers know how their personal information is collected, used, and protected. We are proud to say that Xiaomi upholds world-class standards on security, privacy, and transparency.”

For those unaware, the smartphone maker first established its Security and Privacy Committee back in 2014. In 2016, the firm also became the first Chinese brand to receive certification from TrustArc. Similarly, it had also adopted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union compliance assessment in 2018. Xiaomi also published its first version of the MIUI security and privacy white paper.

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Earlier this week, Facebook announced that it would send out notifications for iPhone users across the globe regarding how data is used to provide personalized ads. This arrived just prior to incoming privacy policy changes from Apple.

According to a Reuters report, the social media giant is rolling out these notifications before Apple, due to the potential harm that the new privacy updates might bring to Facebook’s advertising business. The new notification will arrive in the form of a full screen prompt that would ask both Facebook and Instagram users to allow their apps and website to be used for personalized ads. The platform will even ask users to “support businesses that rely on ads to reach customers.”

For those unaware, the company is already fighting a public battle against the Cupertino based giant’s plan to ask its userbase whether they wish to allow apps to track their activity across other websites or even applications. Facebook has warned users that Apple’s notifications “suggest there is a tradeoff between personalized advertising and privacy.” Further adding that this move would hurt small businesses that rely on ads from their platform.

At the moment, it is unknown when exactly the new prompt will pop up on the two social media platforms, although, Apple is expected to roll out its privacy notifications soon. The brand stated that these prompts will start appearing on most iPhone models within the next few months. So stay tuned for more, as we will be providing more updates when additional information is available regarding the matter.

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Facebook recently updated the privacy policy for WhatsApp which was set to go in effect from 8th February but it has now been delayed because of the strong opposition to the new terms by the users. Turkey has even started an antitrust investigation over it.

Now, the Indian government is also getting involved. India’s technology ministry has written to Facebook, asking the company to withdraw the new privacy policy of the WhatsApp messaging platform.

The ministry says that the new terms are taking away choice from the Indian users. In the letter, it wrote that “the proposed changes raise grave concerns regarding the implications for the choice and autonomy of Indian citizens.”

It also points out that the users don’t have the choice to opt-out of these new data-sharing terms with Facebook and the Indian users are given less choice compared to the app’s users in the Europen market.

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The technology ministry has also asked WhatsApp to respond to 14 questions including details on the categories of user data it collected, whether it profiled customers based on usage and cross-border data flows, and more.

In a statement, WhatsApp said that the company is working to address misinformation and remains available to answer any questions. It added: “We wish to reinforce that this update does not expand our ability to share data with Facebook.”

For those who are unaware, WhatsApp recently updated its privacy policy, giving users until 8th February to accept the new terms or lose access to the platform. However, after facing criticism for the move and millions of users switching to its competitors, the company recently announced that it is postponing the rollout of new terms to May.

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