Surveillance-IT

Govt ‘Massively Retreating’ From Black Boxes Of Snooper’s Charter

TechWeekEurope understands the Home Office is "retreating massively" from installing black boxes in ISPs to watch over people's communications

13 years ago

‘Snooper’s Charter’ Becomes Draft Bill In Queen’s Speech

Plans to allow GCHQ to watch over all of the UK's communications data are formalised in the Queen's Speech

13 years ago

Cookies Must Crumble Before May Is Out

The ICO deadline for cookie compliance is upon us but there is little evidence of action and fines could mount…

13 years ago

Report: FBI Seeking Internet Wiretap Backdoors

The FBI is pressuring Facebook, Google and other large Internet companies to build the technical infrastructure to allow wiretaps, according…

13 years ago

US House Of Representatives Passes CISPA Cybersecurity Bill

Controversial measures will face scrutiny at the US Senate after House votes 248 to 168 in favour

13 years ago

London Marathon Faces ICO Investigation

Marathon organisers posted runners' details on official website

13 years ago

EU To Share Air Passenger Data With US

US Department of Homeland Security will be handed personal details including names, credit card details and phone numbers

13 years ago

MPs: GCHQ Snooping Law Makers Are Tech Idiots

Conservative and Lib Dem MPs bash other politicians' knowledge over the tech aspects of proposed controversial surveillance laws

13 years ago

MPs Call in Google, Facebook, ISPs For Snooping Law Briefing

MPs will meet with tech companies to discuss controversial new proposals

13 years ago

Calltrunk Launches ARGOsearch Phone Search Engine

Privacy issues are raised, when users can search recorded landline, mobile and Skype calls

13 years ago

ISPs And Privacy Groups Hit Out At Internet Porn Block Plans

Government plans have been labelled as ineffective and amount to censorship

13 years ago

Sergey Brin: Apple, Facebook Comments ‘Distorted’

Sergey Brin says the media didn't give a wholly accurate representation of his thoughts

13 years ago

Tim Berners-Lee Slams ‘Dangerous’ Snooping Law

The inventor of the web says plans to store data open highly sensitive information up to abuse

13 years ago

Webpages Contain 14 Cookies Each

A month before the cookie laws come into force, research shows there are plenty of trackers running on businesses' websites

13 years ago

Consumer Groups Slate Google’s Tiny Wi-Spy Fine

Google's $25,000 FCC fine for "hypocritical" obstruction is small change, say critics

13 years ago

GE Healthcare Admits Sending NHS Patient Data To US

NHS IT Provider says 600,000 patients have no need to worry

13 years ago

Google Fined $25,000 By FCC For Impeding Street View Investigation

US agency FCC claims Google said that searching its own emails was too much hassle

13 years ago

Google’s Brin Warns Internet At Risk From China, Apple, Facebook

China has contained the Internet, and Facebook and Apple are restricting it, warns Google founder Sergey Brin

13 years ago

Facebook Generously Lets Users Download Their Own Data

Users will now be able to access data about IP addresses, previous names and friend requests

13 years ago

Want to Avoid GCHQ Snooping? It’s As Simple As Using Skype

The myriad ways people can hide their web activity makes the government's overbearing legislation absurd, says Tom Brewster

13 years ago

Anonymous Strikes Downing Street and Ministry of Justice

Anonymous aims its crosshairs at various Government websites, with Number 10 and the MoJ also targeted

13 years ago

Anonymous Claims Home Office Website Takedown

The hacking collective Anonymous claims to have successfully launched a denial-of-service attack on the Home Office's website, and promises more…

13 years ago

Google Chief Executive Defends Privacy Stance

Google's Larry Page has posted a company update describing Google's focus for the year and denying that its harvesting of…

13 years ago

Government Internet Surveillance Measures Slammed

Government plans to monitor people's web and email use are heavily criticised.

13 years ago

Yahoo Will Implement ‘Do Not Track’ Feature In Summer

Joining the likes of Google and Microsoft, Yahoo will is instituting consumer privacy technology on its websites

13 years ago

UK Loves The Internet, Says Ofcom

The British feel safer online, but don’t protect private information, says research by Ofcom

13 years ago

O2 Must Hand Over Details Of Alleged Porn Users

O2 Broadband must give details of over 9,000 alleged filesharers to pornographer Ben Dover - but it doesn't mean they…

13 years ago

MPs Threaten New Laws If Google Won’t Censor Searches

Cross-party committee tells government to consider legislation if Google does not develop filtering technology to preserve privacy

13 years ago

US Regulators Demand Consumer Privacy Protection

The US' Federal Trade Commission is putting pressure on Congress and IT companies to better protect user privacy

13 years ago

European Project Probes Attitudes To Privacy

European attitudes to the trade-off between privacy and security are to be examined by a group of researchers

13 years ago