US Department of Homeland Security will be handed personal details including names, credit card details and phone numbers
Conservative and Lib Dem MPs bash other politicians' knowledge over the tech aspects of proposed controversial surveillance laws
MPs will meet with tech companies to discuss controversial new proposals
Privacy issues are raised, when users can search recorded landline, mobile and Skype calls
Government plans have been labelled as ineffective and amount to censorship
Sergey Brin says the media didn't give a wholly accurate representation of his thoughts
The inventor of the web says plans to store data open highly sensitive information up to abuse
A month before the cookie laws come into force, research shows there are plenty of trackers running on businesses' websites
Google's $25,000 FCC fine for "hypocritical" obstruction is small change, say critics
NHS IT Provider says 600,000 patients have no need to worry
US agency FCC claims Google said that searching its own emails was too much hassle
China has contained the Internet, and Facebook and Apple are restricting it, warns Google founder Sergey Brin
Users will now be able to access data about IP addresses, previous names and friend requests
The myriad ways people can hide their web activity makes the government's overbearing legislation absurd, says Tom Brewster
Anonymous aims its crosshairs at various Government websites, with Number 10 and the MoJ also targeted
The hacking collective Anonymous claims to have successfully launched a denial-of-service attack on the Home Office's website, and promises more…
Google's Larry Page has posted a company update describing Google's focus for the year and denying that its harvesting of…
Government plans to monitor people's web and email use are heavily criticised.
Joining the likes of Google and Microsoft, Yahoo will is instituting consumer privacy technology on its websites
The British feel safer online, but don’t protect private information, says research by Ofcom
O2 Broadband must give details of over 9,000 alleged filesharers to pornographer Ben Dover - but it doesn't mean they…
Cross-party committee tells government to consider legislation if Google does not develop filtering technology to preserve privacy
The US' Federal Trade Commission is putting pressure on Congress and IT companies to better protect user privacy
European attitudes to the trade-off between privacy and security are to be examined by a group of researchers
US Congressmen ask for info on what data social app makers are taking
Privacy is a business opportunity, given the right technology foundations, says science fiction writer and activist Cory Doctorow
Google's Vint Cerf defends the new privacy policy, but admits it wasn't presented well
French regulator CNIL reveals the 69 questions it asked on Google's privacy policy
Apple has been told to send a representative to Washington DC to discuss its privacy practices with Congress
Swedish web hosting company says police asked it to reveal personal details about Pirate Bay domain owner