Surveillance-IT

Instagram Readies Revised ‘Terms of Service’

Instragram will at the weekend implement its new Privacy Policy and Terms of Service that has previously drawn controversy

12 years ago

Google Targets Open Data With Donations

Google has funded groups seeking open government data that can be easily accessible for citizens

12 years ago

Blue Coat Caught Up In Global Surveillance Storm Again

Company's tech found in nations including China, Russia, Egypt and Bahrain, but are they being used for negative purposes?

12 years ago

Privacy Regulator Keeps An Eye On Facebook Graph Search

Watchdog tries out Facebook's new thing, isn't totally convinced about its respect for privacy

12 years ago

Paperless NHS Marks ‘The End Of Medical Privacy’

Plans to get medical data online concern activists already worried about NHS' data selling and poor security history

12 years ago

Nokia Admits Decrypting User Data But Denies Man-in-the-Middle Attacks

Nokia says it does decrypt some customer information over HTTPS traffic, but isn't spying on people

12 years ago

NSA ‘PerfectCitizen’ Program Prompts Privacy Fears

The National Security Agency (NSA) has refused to clarify whether its new program will monitor private networks

12 years ago

Instagram Completes Retreat On Selling User Photos

Instagram reverts to the old wording of its terms and conditions following a massive user backlash

12 years ago

Cameron’s Christmas Cock-up On Porn Blocking

Porn blocking has been announced - through the Daily Mail - without research and without listening, says Tom Brewster

12 years ago

Government Announces ‘Common Sense’ Copyright Law Reform

BIS tells TechWeek Vince Cable's reforms should be law by end of 2013 at the latest

12 years ago

Austrian Judges Question The Validity Of EU Data Retention Directive

Keeping all customer data could be in breach of European constitution, says Austrian court

12 years ago

Government ‘Ignores Parents’ And Presses On With Default Porn Blocking

David Cameron reverses decision issued by Department of Education last week

12 years ago

US Senate Votes In Favour Of Location Privacy Bill

Senator Al Franken wants to put a stop to “stalker apps”

12 years ago

Fresh Facebook Privacy Changes Coming Next Year

Facebook makes its umpteenth privacy update of 2012, but it still isn't impressing some critics

12 years ago

Nick Clegg Demands Snooper’s Charter Rethink

Communications Data Bill should be completely rethought, Nick Clegg and Justice Committee argue

12 years ago

Leveson Calls For Tough Internet Privacy Laws

The man in charge of the inquiry into press standards wants to stop Internet trolls

12 years ago

EU Resists ‘Extreme’ US Lobbying As Data Privacy War Brews

Exclusive: US officials try to alter and delay EU data privacy reform, sources tell TechWeekEurope, but Commission stands firm

12 years ago

Facebook Users Have One Week To Halt Vote Change

Facebook users have only a week to vote on controversial changes to the social networking giant's user policies

12 years ago

Facebook Faces Privacy Lawsuit In Ireland

Austrian privacy group is preparing for a lawsuit against Facebook after more than a year of campaigning for changes

12 years ago

Lib Dems To Withdraw Support For ‘Snoopers Charter’

Nick Clegg is on the verge of withdrawing support for the controversial Communications Data Bill

12 years ago

David Petraeus Proves It: Email Is Not Secure

Wayne Rash asks: how could the head of the CIA not realise he couldn't trust secrets to Gmail?

12 years ago

Facebook Proposes Data Sharing Across Services

Facebook is proposing a change to its data usage policies to allow user details to be shared with its Intagram…

12 years ago

Google Raises Alarm On ITU Internet Treaty Discussions

Tech giant worried governments will ruin the Internet

12 years ago

UK Government Threatens Businesses Over Open Data

Government urges companies to open up under midata initiative

12 years ago

Facebook Lobbies Brussels In Earnest On EU Data Privacy Proposals

Facebook joins other US bodies pushing for changes to European Commission data privacy proposals

12 years ago

Google Adds ‘Do Not Track’ To Chrome 23

Google Chrome users now have the option of enabling 'Do Not Track' in their browser, a feature which is stirring…

12 years ago