New York regulators are investigating Facebook’s gathering of intimate data about consumers’ menstrual cycles and body weight through smartphone applications. Facebook has confirmed that New York’s Department of Financial Services set them a letter about the data sharing issue. The New York based regulator asked the social media giant to provide a list of all the companies that were involved in sending them the data over the past three years. According to the source, requests to provide information on agreements…

US technology behemoth Google is at the centre of an investigation by Indian competition officials after it was alleged that Google may have engaged in anti-competitive practices. Google stands accused of abusing the market dominance of its Android platform. The European Union conducted a 3-year investigation that only concluded last year. The European Commission determined that the deemed requirements for Android device makers to use Google apps were illegal. The US tech leader was subsequently fined €4.3bn. Reports emerging from…

Vietnam has accused Facebook of breaching a new cybersecurity law by failing to take down anti-government content from its pages and advertising illegal products such as weapons and counterfeit goods. The law – which came into place on January 1st - requires internet companies to remove "toxic content" and hand over user data when requested by authorities. A report broadcast on Vietnam Television said that the Ministry of Information and Communications had sent several letters and emails to the company…