After India, Brazil targets upcoming WhatsApp privacy update
By IANS| Posted by Minhaj Adnan | Published: 17th April 2021 4:40 pm IST Photo: WhatsApp Logo
Brasilia/New Delhi: After facing an intense scrutiny in India over its upcoming privacy update, consumer protection agencies in Brazil have now asked the government to act on the May 15 privacy update that will allow Facebook to aggregate users’ data across all of its platforms.
Consumer rights non-profit organisation Idec has notified Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority, the National Consumer Secretariat and the Federal Prosecution Service, among others, with a request for joint action against the privacy policy, reports ZDNet.
Traders body calls for 10-day lockdown in Delhi, urges CM Arvind Kejriwal to take steps
CAIT Secretary General further stated that e-commerce companies should not be allowed to sell non-essential goods under the present condition. (Image Source: Twitter/@praveendel)
Updated: Apr 16, 2021, 12:20 PM IST
The domestic traders body of Delhi, Confederation Of All India Traders (CAIT) has asked the Delhi government to impose a complete lockdown for at least 10 days to bring the COVID-19 situation under control. The time has come to take a strong step in order to curb the rapid outbreak and a complete lockdown for at least 10 days in order to break the chain seems the right thing to do, CAIT Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal said.
Full 10-day shutdown in Delhi
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New Delhi: A day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a weekend curfew in the city, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) completed the AAP-led government, with the aim of breaking the series of COVID-19 broadcasts. Urged to lock in the national capital for the next 10 days.
CAIT, a Delhi-based domestic traders association, said in its appeal that the state government should implement full lockout for 10 days to bring the situation under control.
“The time has come to take a strong step to prevent rapid spread and a complete lockdown for at least 10 days,” CAIT Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal said.
3 hours ago
A group of seller associations in India, including the All India Online Vendors Association (AIOVA), All India Mobile Retailers Association (AIMRA), Federation of All India Distributors Associations (FAIDA), organised a discussion on Thursday about the dominance and of e-commerce giants in India, and their impact on retailers and traders. Scheduled before Amazon’s four-day event for small and medium businesses, the event Smbhav, which translates to “possible” saw over a dozen retail representatives. Their event was titled Asmbhav, which translates into “impossible”. Over a dozen retailer representatives spoke out against unfair practices by e-commerce giants, though most of it was directed towards Amazon.
Allowing home delivery across all retail segments will enhance Covid safety: RAI
April 16, 2021
Retailers have urged that even non-food retailers should be allowed to make safe and contactless home deliveries in Maharashtra as the State implements stringent curbs to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Retailers Association of India (RAI) on Friday said it has appealed to the State government to allow non-food retailers to home deliver to ensure that people have fewer reasons to step outside, ensure easy access to non-essential supplies.
Household items
In a statement, Kumar Rajagopalan, CEO, Retailers Association of India (RAI), says, “Citizens also need non-food items such as clothing, hardware, electrical, household kitchen items among others on a daily basis. To enable fulfilling these needs without hardships, all retailers should be allowed to take orders over phone and other electronic means for home deliveries. The store premises can be open for fulfilling home delivery orde