Surveillance-IT

Mobile “Big Brother” Carrier IQ Busted

Carrier IQ software logs every stroke on Android, RIM and Nokia phones, and says it's for your own good

13 years ago

Silk Browser Guards Privacy Amazon Tells Congress

Amazon confirms non- track Kindle Fire policy despite routing browser traffic through cloud servers

13 years ago

Facebook Settles Over Misleading Privacy Changes

Facebook has settled Federal Trade Commission charges of deceptive behaviour over privacy settings

13 years ago

Yacy Launches New Open Source Search Engine

Peer to peer search engine may turn government and business efforts to control searches on their heads

13 years ago

US Patriots v EU Liberals In 2012 Cloud Olympics

Cloud services could lose, in an Olympian contest over privacy between US patriots and EU human rights defenders, says Eric…

13 years ago

ICO Fines Councils For Breach

Some council staff don't know the difference between internal and external email, the ICO has found

13 years ago

EC To Stop Facebook Eavesdropping

An EC Directive will ban information harvesting on social networking sites for targeted advertising

13 years ago

ICO Starts Blogging With A Look At Online Privacy

The Information Commissioner's Office has set up a blog to allow discussion of data protection issues

13 years ago

IT Can’t Handle Mobility, Says Report

Companies throughout Europe still struggle to keep up with the growing BYOD trend

13 years ago

Onion Anonymous Internet Uses Amazon Cloud

Users of the Tor anonymous project can give back to the community by bridging to Amazon's cloud

13 years ago

A Chilling Message For Well-Connected Social Networkers

Websense sees social media identity theft as a growing threat for 2012. Eric Doyle argues that it is a present…

13 years ago

Google: Why Is Wi-Fi Location Opt-Out, Not Opt-In?

Opting out of Google's Wi-Fi location system for privacy is not easy. Wayne Rash says it should have been an…

13 years ago

W3C Publishes Online Privacy Drafts

Web standards maker W3C proposes a standard for "do not track" features in browsers

13 years ago

Facebook And FTC Close To Privacy Settlement

Facebook will agree to 20 years of privacy audits to end privacy investigation

13 years ago

Anonymous Implicated In Finnish Web Hacks

Neo-Nazi politicians were exposed in Finland - but was Anonymous really responsible?

13 years ago

Online Privacy Tools Too Complex To Be Effective

Opt-out privacy tools to block online tracking are confusing their users, says CyLab researchers

13 years ago

Hague Pressured Over Iranian Phone Tracking Tools

A British company with links to Wiliam Hague, sold mobile phone tracking software to Iran

13 years ago

ICO Slams Rochdale For Data Loss

Rochdale Council lost 18,000 residents’ data on unencrypted USB stick, the ICO said

13 years ago

Midata Gives Consumers Back Their Personal Info

BIS has partnered Google, Mastercard and others to help consumers access the data companies hold on them

13 years ago

Privacy Advocates Urge UK Gov To Protect Rights Online

A group of privacy campaigners is calling for clearer online rights, ahead of today's cyber security conference

13 years ago

Met Police Acquires Mobile Phone Monitoring Kit

The Met Police will not confirm reports that it has acquired technology to monitor mobile phone calls

13 years ago

Google To Take Street View Indoors

Google's latest expansion of its Street View service will cover the inside of popular businesses

13 years ago

Facebook Denies ‘Shadow Profiles’ Claim

Facebook has denied allegations it is building profiles of non-users ahead of a data protection audit this week

13 years ago

Security Is Draining Down The Plughole Of Privacy

Little by little we are giving up our privacy and with it security ebbs away without us realising what we…

13 years ago

Amazon Silk Browser Faces Privacy Probe

US lawmakers are concerned that Amazon's Silk web browser tracks people's browsing habits

13 years ago

ICO Slates Council For Posting Salary Details Online

Dumfries & Galloway Council put personal details for 900 staff members on a website

13 years ago

Google Launches Online Safety Campaign

Google is working with Citizens Advice Bureau on a publicity campaign to spread awareness about web security

13 years ago

Google+ Updated With Granular Privacy Controls

Google+ users now have more granular privacy controls to better control notifications and comments

13 years ago

Facebook ‘Frictionless Sharing’ Raises Privacy Issues

The privacy implications of Facebook's frictionless sharing for social apps are causing concern among experts

13 years ago

Facebook Fixes Cookie Privacy Issue

Facebook has changed the way it handles cookies, after accusation that it leaked personal data

13 years ago