Monthly Archives: July 2020

GPay does not need RBI authorisation as it’s not a payment system operator: Google to HC

Google India Digital Services Pvt Ltd has told the Delhi High Court that its Google Pay app does not require RBI authorisation as it is not a payment system operator (PSO) but a third party application provider. Google, in an affidavit, has said the PSO authorised by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) which is the owner and operator of the entire unified payment interface (UPI) network. NPCI, in turn, authorises the payment service provider… Source link

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Google will use authenticated logos to reduce Gmail phishing

Google will trial a new security feature in Gmail that shows a brand’s logo as an avatar to help you know an email is genuine, the company has announced. The functionality uses the Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) standard, whose working group Google joined last year, and will be tested with a limited number of senders in the coming weeks. According to Google, authentication with BIMI can make recipients more confident about the source of an email, which scammers try… Source link

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GPay Not Payment System Operator, Does Not Need RBI Authorisation: Google In Court

A PIL has been filed alleging GPay does not have required authorisation Google India Digital Services Pvt Ltd has told the Delhi High Court that its Google Pay app does not require Reserve Bank of India (RBI) authorisation as it is not a payment system operator (PSO) but a third party application provider. Google, in an affidavit, has said the PSO authorised by the RBI is the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) which is the owner and operator of the entire unified payment interface… Source link

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Women at Google miss out on thousands of dollars as a result of pay discrimination, lawsuit alleges | Google

Women at Google lose out on thousands of dollars each year compared with men as a result of discriminatory practices including pushing female employees into lower-paying career tracks, a lawsuit has alleged. The findings stem from an ongoing lawsuit brought against Google in 2017, which accused the tech company of gender pay discrimination between female employees – from coders to teachers in its in-house childcare department – and their male counterparts. More details about the extent of… Source link

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MERLE FLOWERS: Google embraces Mississippi | Opinion

There are two Google Operations Centers in the world – one in the Philippines and the other in India. Google will open its first operations center in the United States and third in the world in Southaven, Mississippi. This is a great win for DeSoto County and Mississippi. As Mayor Musselwhite said in the announcement, “Google is a titan in the global… Source link

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Google Delays Mobile-first Index Rollout – 5 Reasons Why

Google announced that mobile first indexing will not be rolling out as promised. Mobile-first indexing is delayed by eight months. These are the reasons why. Mobile-first Index Rollout: When It’s Happening The announcement states that most sites today are currently set to mobile as well as all new sites having their indexing set to mobile by default. There are many sites that remain outside of mobile-first indexing. For those sites that have not yet been switched over, Google has discovered… Source link

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Google Women Seek Class-Action Status for Gender-Pay Lawsuit

Four female former employees of Alphabet Inc.’s Google are trying to persuade a state court to let them represent more than 10,000 peers in a gender-pay disparity suit against the company, setting the stage for the next big battle over class-action status. Google paid women approximately $16,794 less per year than “the similarly-situated man,” the women said in… Source link

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NFLPA changes number of positive COVID-19 cases among players from 95 to 59

Update: 8:33 p.m. ET After reporting 95 players league-wide with a “known positive test” for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the NFLPA later changed that number to 59. The union’s COVID-19 hub launched last week and initially reported 72 “known positive tests.” NFL Network’s James Palmer reports that the the initial number published Tuesday afternoon also included staff and that the updated tally of 59 reflects players only. The previous number included all known positives across the league,… Source link

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Judge Koh Nixes $30M Attorney Fee Award in Approving Yahoo Data Breach Settlement

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh of the Northern District of California (Photo: ALM) A federal judge has granted final approval in a $117.5 million class action settlement over Yahoo Inc.’s data breaches but found that class counsel’s $30 million fee request was too high. Want to continue reading?Become a Free ALM Digital Reader. Benefits of a Digital Membership: Free access to 3 articles* every 30 days Access to the… Source link

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How Google auto-delete works | Fox Business

Google will start paying for some news content after complaints from publishers. FOX Business’ Susan Li with more. Google launched its auto-delete feature, which deletes users’ location history and web browsing activity after three or 18 months, on June 24. The tech giant introduced the feature last year after facing scrutiny from Congress for collecting users’ location data and web browsing activity data. Prior to the auto-delete feature, users could manually delete this data. “We… Source link

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