New users will be given more education during the signing up process
Home secretary bats away most questions on the Communications Data Bill but has a few wobbles in the face of…
Hackers have stolen sensitive data on 3.6 million taxpayers from the US state of South Carolina, in the latest breach…
US agency says Gamma International's software is being used by criminals - but the British firm begs to differ
Changes to Google's privacy policy may come through in response to the EU regulators. But Peter Judge wonders if they…
Santander customers aren't happy about alleged security failings at the bank
Google has to give users more control, says the EU
Unified Google privacy policy is likely to be found illegal
Kroes calls on industry to ensure DNT is not weakened because of advertiser pressure
Wales tells TechWeekEurope he plans to explain the flaws of 'Snooper's Charter' to home secretary next month
O2 parent Telefonica has launched a new unit devoted to reselling real-time data on the movements of its users around…
Shares count as likes, even when shared in private, but only on plug-in counters, but some likes are liking stuff…
Microsoft has provoked fury among advertisers for its default 'Do Not Track' feature in Internet Explorer 10
French data protection watchdog says claims of a bug revealing private messages on users' walls are nonsense
A new survey has revealed that BYOD users have privacy concerns over the snooping habits of their bosses
Gove gives up the ghost in fight with ICO
Businesses feel cloud computing lacks maturity and shows little innovation, according to a survey by the Cloud Security Alliance
The password-slaying authentication platform is now available to the public
Panic as old posts surface - but is Facebook to blame?
Secure services blocked. Is Iran planning a national intranet launch?
Social network withdraws facial recognition features voluntarily after Irish audit
US appeals court rejected the claims that £5.8m settlement favours Facebook and lawyers
We hope the crook wiped data before fencing the computer, Council says
Google has added the privacy feature to Chrome's latest developer build, with the release version to get 'Do Not Track'…
Firefox Private Browsing wasn't so private, but a fix has been issued
Cookie law sends firm cookie as it asks ICO to sue it for breaching the regulation
Wikipedia could encrypt all connections to the UK
The majority of pirates can be tracked within three hours of starting a download
The Cloud Security Alliance has formed a working group to investigate big data privacy and security challenges and to form…
FinSpy seller admits a server containing demo software was compromised