Government Strengthens Personal Data Protection and Cloud Governance Across Public Sector

By Zohaib Shah ⏐ 3 weeks ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Government of Pakistan is pushing forward its digital transformation agenda by prioritizing personal data protection. The Personal Data Protection Bill is being finalized alongside…

Pakistan Still Struggles to Stop Illegal Sale of Citizens’ Data on the Dark Web

By Zohaib Shah ⏐ 2 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan is facing a growing data privacy crisis as websites continue to sell citizens’ personal information without restriction. While the government formed an inquiry team…

Pakistan’s Data Privacy Crisis: Is Your Data Being Sold to Other Businesses, on Dark Web?

By Abdul Wasay ⏐ 3 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 6 min read

Pakistan’s data privacy nightmare is spiraling as Jazz, the country’s largest telecom operator, faces renewed backlash over alleged misuse of user data. This comes just…

PTA Declines VPN Ban, Prioritizes Pakistan’s IT Growth

By Sabica Tahira ⏐ 3 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has clarified that it has no plans to block Virtual Private Network (VPN) usage in the country. The disclosure was…

Google Pays $30M in YouTube Child Privacy Scandal

By Sabica Tahira ⏐ 4 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In a major development for online privacy, Google has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of illegally collecting data from…

FBR Can Now Access Your Internet and Call Data

By Manik Aftab ⏐ 4 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) now has the authority to access citizens’ internet use and phone call records during tax fraud probes. Internet service…

ChatGPT Conversations Not Protected: OpenAI CEO Raises Privacy Concerns

By Areeba Ahmed ⏐ 4 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sam Altman has announced that the privacy of ChatGPT users’ data is not protected under any legal safeguards at the…

AI Privacy Risks You Can’t Ignore: The Hidden Cost of Smart Tools

By Manik Aftab ⏐ 5 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

From search engines and mobile apps to smart browsers and digital assistants, AI is everywhere—but the AI privacy risks associated with these tools are becoming…

New SSD Self-Destructs On The Press of A Button To Protect Info

By Abdul Wasay ⏐ 5 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Imagine holding top-secret data in your SSD and within ten seconds, it’s gone. That’s exactly the promise behind TeamGroup’s P250Q-M80 self-destructing sold state drive. And,…

Deleted ChatGPT Conversations Might Not Be Gone Forever—Thanks to This Court Ruling

By Abdul Wasay ⏐ 5 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

OpenAI took a hit yesterday as a court ruling ordered the company to store and log every ChatGPT conversation. This landmark decision represents a dramatic…

Fastmail Gains Momentum as Gmail Users Seek Better Privacy

By Abdul Wasay ⏐ 5 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

As concerns over digital privacy and user control grow, an increasing number of users are turning away from Gmail in favor of Fastmail. Touted for…

Meta AI Public Search Issue Sparks Privacy Concerns Among Users

By Manik Aftab ⏐ 6 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Meta AI public search issue has raised significant privacy concerns, as prompts submitted by users — along with the AI’s responses — are being…

South Korea Accuses DeepSeek of Illegally Sharing User Data

By Abdul Wasay ⏐ 7 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) has accused DeepSeek of transferring personal user data and AI prompts to companies in China and the United…

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