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By Steven AronsDeutsche Bank AG’s management board agreed to take a pay cut after criticism from regulators of widespread use of private communication channels among staff via applications such as WhatsApp, according to people familiar with the matter. Top executives are set to see a 75,000 euro ($79,000) cut to bonuses given for last year’s performance that start getting delivered from next year, one of the people said, asking not to be identified discussing a private matter. The lender is among several financial firms under investigation by US authorities over the use of private messaging that can’t be archived. It recently ... To read the full article log in. © 2022 The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Deutsche Bank’s management board agreed to take a financial hit after criticism from regulators of widespread use of private communication channels among staff via applications such as WhatsApp.The lender is among several financial firms under investigation by US authorities over the use of private messaging that can’t be archived. It recently introduced a new app that allows the retrieval of messages on company phones, Bloomberg has reported. CEO Christian Sewing and board members agreed to forgo a part of 2023’s bonuses, or €75,000 apiece, reports said. A spokesman for Deutsche Bank declined to comment. The regulatory scrutiny had added to compliance headaches that have built up for Sewing, who has spent billions of dollars trying to fix the bank’s controls and improve relations with supervisors since assuming his role four years ago. While the CEO has drawn a line under several big litigation risks, new issues have continued to arise.Sewing himself has used WhatsApp in the past to communicate on issues related to the lender. At one point, he swapped messages with German businessman Daniel Wruck, whose role in business deals involving Deutsche Bank and its investment arm DWS has been probed by German investigators, Bloomberg has reported.The German lender has…

Forming a WhatsApp group to register protest against launch of Agnipath scheme for recruitment in Indian Army and also loading objectionable remarks by circulating photos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has landed half a dozen youths in trouble as the local police in Sitapur registered a case and arrested them on Wednesday. Reports said that the youths created a WhatsApp group ‘Indian Army Uttar Pradesh’ and posted comments on the group and spread rumours of ruckus in Sitapur district and in Bakshi-ka-Talab in Lucknow with the aim of opposing the Agnipath scheme. They also posted objectionable photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and made objectionable remarks against them. The cops of city Kotwali police station in Sitapur took cognisance of this WhatsApp group with the help of cyber cell and registered a case against all members of the group, including the group administrator of the Indian Army Uttar Pradesh group.  The police registered a case against these six accused under sections 153A, 505 (1), 504,506,67 of the Indian Penal Code and arrested them by conducting raids at their houses late on Tuesday night. The police arrested Yogendra Yadav, group administrator…

Published: 2:10 PM June 22, 2022 Two Hertfordshire police officers shared bestiality porn and rape jokes on WhatsApp groups - which also contained racist, homophobic and sexist language. Former PCs Robert Goldstone and Charles Phipps, who worked for Hertfordshire Constabulary, were banned from serving in any police force following a hearing at Welwyn Garden City on May 31, 2022. Another officer, PC Mark Williams who was based in Stevenage, was found to have used homophobic slurs, and on one occasion wrote the phrase: "I was out raping".In reports published by the force this week, former PCs Goldstone and Phipps were found to have been part of a chat group called "Danny's got a sore vagina".An Accelerated Misconduct Hearing heard how, on February 29, 2019, the duo received a picture showing an act of bestiality.  Chief Constable Charlie Hall found that all three officers' behaviour was "damaging" to public confidence in Hertfordshire's police force. Chief Constable Charlie Hall chaired the Accelerated Misconduct Hearings into three Hertfordshire police officers, all found to have engaged in gross misconduct - Credit: Lenore Everson/Hertfordshire Constabulary In the case of Mr Goldstone, a report reads: "In this case the evidence shows that there are numerous messages sent by Mr Goldstone on closed…

This week, WhatsApp added a number of new features, including the ability to mute people during group calls (via Android Central). This sanity-saving feature appears to be useful not only for muting people who forget to do so, but also if you're in the same room as someone else on the call and don't want to hear an echo of their words. While some conferencing apps, such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams, allow hosts to mute all (or specific) participants, most don't allow individual users to mute who they want during a call. This feature adds a new level of control, but it's probably best reserved for tumultuous meetings with up to 8 people on video calls, or up to 32 on voice calls. In addition to the new muting feature, WhatsApp now allows you to message specific people while on a group call, which is useful if you need to send a note to someone or crack a joke that might not go over well with the entire group. WhatsApp is also introducing a new banner that will notify you when someone joins a call after it has already begun. WhatsApp also announced on Friday that you can now control…

Whatsapp is introducing three features.The Meta-owned messaging service is allowing users on both Android and Apple devices to mute or message individuals during group calls, which will make it simpler to have side chats during group calls. In addition, any user can mute anyone during a call.WhatsApp have also added a banner notification when someone joins a call offscreen, which is believed to be helpful as now 32 people can take part in one call on the app.The features - which are currently being lifted out beta stages - also include customisations to who can see your profile photo, about section and Last Seen status in the Privacy tab of Settings.Will Cathcart, the app’s boss wrote on Twitter: “Some new features for group calls on @WhatsApp: You can now mute or message specific people on a call (great if someone forgets to mute themselves!), and we've added a helpful indicator so you can more easily see when more people join large calls.”Last week, Will praised the European Union’s rules for encrypted messaging services.He tweeted: “The new EU Code of Practice on Disinformation explicitly rejects any weakening of encryption and highlights the importance of the protection of privacy for private messaging.…

Home How-to Is your WhatsApp account safe? Secure it NOW, save yourself some grief It is important to keep your WhatsApp account safe and secure. Here's how to do it. Almost everyone uses WhatsApp to chat, share media files with their friends, families, and even with colleagues. You need to know that it is important for you to protect your WhatsApp account from scams and frauds. Amid the increasing number of cybercrimes WhatsApp has become one of the most common targets. WhatsApp has alerted its users about the same and has asked users to follow certain steps in order to protect their account from scams. You should never share your WhatsApp SMS verification code with others, not even friends or family. If you suspect someone else is using your WhatsApp account, you should notify family and friends as this individual could impersonate you in chats and groups. It needs to be noted that WhatsApp is end-to-end encrypted and messages are stored on your device, so someone accessing your account on another device cannot read your past conversations, WhatsApp informed. Also Read: Save your documents on WhatsApp! Know how to use DigiLocker on your WhatsApp account If you are tricked into…

WhatsApp has added new privacy tools intended to keep people’s personal information safe.The update lets people adjust who can see important personal information, such as the profile photo or status. Importantly, it also covers the “last seen” feature, which when switched on tells everyone when you last opened the app.By default, much of that information is shown to everybody. That means that people can use the “last seen” setting to seen when people were last on their phone, for instance.Now the app includes new tools that mean users can control who can see that information. WhatsApp said it had added the new features to “further protect your privacy online”.The update lets people choose whether that information can be shown to everyone, only people in your contacts, everyone in your contacts apart from specific people, or nobody at all.The options can be found by clicking the “more options” button on Android, or going to Settings on iPhone. ON that page there will be an “account” option, and in there is a “privacy” button that gives access to those settings and more.If the option is switched off, then it will also change what information you can see about other people. If the…

Representational Image. (File Photo) By PTI NEW DELHI: As many as 35 WhatsApp groups that were allegedly spreading fake news about the Agnipath military recruitment scheme were on Sunday banned by the government, officials said. The move came amid violent protests against the scheme in different parts of the country since it was announced a few days ago. ALSO READ| Agnipath applicants will have to give undertaking they didn't take part in protests, arson As many as 35 WhatsApp groups were banned by the government for allegedly spreading fake news about the Agnipath scheme, the government officials said. However, information about these groups or if any action has been initiated against their administrators was not immediately known. Ruling out the rollback of the 'Agnipath' recruitment scheme despite widespread protests, the three services of the military on Sunday came out with a broad schedule of enrolment under the new policy and asserted that it was aimed at bringing down the age profile of the armed forces.

In view of the vandalism and arson taking place as a part of protests triggered over the Agnipath recruitment scheme, as many as 35 WhatsApp groups were banned, Republic learnt on Sunday. Sources in the Government of India informed Republic Media Network that these WhatsApp groups were found to be spreading misinformation about the new scheme for recruitment to Army, Navy and Air Force. Violence in Secunderabad planned on a WhatsApp group? Earlier, Republic Media Network acquired evidence that suggested the violence that broke out in Secunderabad Railway Station was pre-planned on a WhatsApp group. Voice messages shared on the said platform revealed shocking details of how the mob was asked to gather, buy petrol, and burn everything two hours before the forces came in. "Go and pour petrol and burn it, the news will spread. Otherwise, you will keep shouting and keep begging with placards in your hand. Nothing will happen from that, I am telling you. In some time, the forces will come and kick out everyone, and that is why go to the pump, buy petrol and burn everything in two minutes," a man can be heard saying in the video message, shared on the WhatsApp group.  Another man, replied via…