Facebook has settled Federal Trade Commission charges of deceptive behaviour over privacy settings
Peer to peer search engine may turn government and business efforts to control searches on their heads
Cloud services could lose, in an Olympian contest over privacy between US patriots and EU human rights defenders, says Eric…
Some council staff don't know the difference between internal and external email, the ICO has found
An EC Directive will ban information harvesting on social networking sites for targeted advertising
The Information Commissioner's Office has set up a blog to allow discussion of data protection issues
Companies throughout Europe still struggle to keep up with the growing BYOD trend
Users of the Tor anonymous project can give back to the community by bridging to Amazon's cloud
Websense sees social media identity theft as a growing threat for 2012. Eric Doyle argues that it is a present…
Opting out of Google's Wi-Fi location system for privacy is not easy. Wayne Rash says it should have been an…
Web standards maker W3C proposes a standard for "do not track" features in browsers
Facebook will agree to 20 years of privacy audits to end privacy investigation
Neo-Nazi politicians were exposed in Finland - but was Anonymous really responsible?
Opt-out privacy tools to block online tracking are confusing their users, says CyLab researchers
A British company with links to Wiliam Hague, sold mobile phone tracking software to Iran
Rochdale Council lost 18,000 residents’ data on unencrypted USB stick, the ICO said
BIS has partnered Google, Mastercard and others to help consumers access the data companies hold on them
A group of privacy campaigners is calling for clearer online rights, ahead of today's cyber security conference
The Met Police will not confirm reports that it has acquired technology to monitor mobile phone calls
Google's latest expansion of its Street View service will cover the inside of popular businesses
Facebook has denied allegations it is building profiles of non-users ahead of a data protection audit this week
Little by little we are giving up our privacy and with it security ebbs away without us realising what we…
US lawmakers are concerned that Amazon's Silk web browser tracks people's browsing habits
Dumfries & Galloway Council put personal details for 900 staff members on a website
Google is working with Citizens Advice Bureau on a publicity campaign to spread awareness about web security
Google+ users now have more granular privacy controls to better control notifications and comments
The privacy implications of Facebook's frictionless sharing for social apps are causing concern among experts
Facebook has changed the way it handles cookies, after accusation that it leaked personal data
Most children do not read the privacy policies of social networks, the Information Commissioner says
Data masking should be utilised more to protect a business's sensitive data from security risks