Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Draft Communications Data Bill has begun as Chief Constable of the British Transport Police gives the…
Cisco has backtracked after facing complaints about privacy issues for new Linksys Wi-Fi routers and the Cloud Connect Service
American authorities make way more demands for Twitter to share user details
Texas' Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against Google charging the company is holding back crucial documents in its antitrust…
Users will be able to opt out from the "holy grail" of advertising
There are some serious technology issues that need to be ironed out in Snooper's Charter. Here's five of the biggest
A US federal judge rules that tracking accusations should be investigated
The Draft Communications Data Bill is released but is widely panned by MPs and privacy experts
Skype ads - designed to distract you on calls - will hit you if you don't have credit
iOS 6 will feature “Google on steroids”, according to reports
Virgin changes terms and conditions following allegations of snooping
Microsoft's long awaited Do Not Track option for IE10 does not meet the draft specification of the feature
Big Brother Watch finds police are keeping lots of DNA data on innocent people
Facebook has created more limited roles for administrators of its marketing pages to help protect privacy and security
Microsoft said it will err on the side of privacy by setting Internet Explorer 10 to decline tracking by default,…
Massive fines are threatening Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Slovenia
O2 customers who have illegally downloaded Ben Dover's material can expect something nasty in the post
Social networks will be monitored to prevent IT security risks
The ICO offers more promotion of the implied consent method for cookie law compliance, as concerns over confusion mount
France's CNIL has said the search giant is being uncooperative with investigators in a privacy probe
Security concerns prohibit use of the iPhone personal assistant
The long-delayed Department of Health information strategy plans to release anonymised patient data to researchers, industry and the public
A massive data breach in the US state of Utah was caused by a series of configuration mistakes during an…
The California class action lawsuit against Facebook arrives as a German official expresses concerns about the company's privacy approach
Twitter has joined the privacy drive after announcing its support for the "Do Not Track" initiative
The cookie law is crazy, as the government has shown by saying it hasn't bothered to get compliant, argues Tom…
Google is to meet with the French privacy watchdog next week over its controversial new user privacy policy
Paranoid citizens and secret agents rejoice - you can destroy your data
Channel 4 documentary finds 25 confidentiality breaches per week at the Department for Work and Pensions
Council fined after second offence in two years, but further loss prevented by laptop encryption