Surveillance-IT

UK Firms Get 12 Months Grace On Cookie Law

The ICO has given businesses in the UK a year to comply with new EU privacy rules concerning cookies

13 years ago

Millennial Kids Will Change Everything … Once Again

The establishment always views the young as being irresponsible and a threat to the status quo but Generation Y may…

13 years ago

The Twitterati Have Done The Media Barons’ Bidding

The exposure of Ryan Giggs on Twitter trivialises questions of protection and sweeps aside objections to media intrusion, says Peter…

13 years ago

Twitter Users Protest Footballer’s Disclosure Order

British injunction system under stress as footballer is named in a Scottish paper and thousands of tweets

13 years ago

Google Promises Flaw Fix And Improved Privacy Tools

Google is quietly fixing its flaw and developing privacy tools, but Schmidt wants a window on your information

14 years ago

EU Demands Explicit Geo-Location Permissions

Apple, Google and employers must comply with new European Union rules for geo-location data permissions

14 years ago

Google Should Keep Quiet Over Facebook Smear

As Facebook wipes the egg from its face following an ineffectual smear campaign, Google is taking the high road, says…

14 years ago

Oh Facebook, Why Smear Google Over Privacy?

In its attempt to secretly blacken Google's name, Facebook shows it simply refuses to understand privacy, says Peter Judge

14 years ago

Facebook Attempted To Smear Google Over Privacy

Clumsy anti-Google smear campaign based on privacy allegations blows up in Facebook's Face

14 years ago

ICO Publishes Data Sharing Code Of Practice

The Information Commissioner has issued advice to organisations on how to use personal data responsibly

14 years ago

Police Software May Track Innocent, Say Privacy Groups

The Metropolitan Police's purchase of GeoTime tracking software will be misused, warn privacy groups

14 years ago

Apple, Google Defend Mobile Privacy Practices

Apple and Google execs were questioned by a US Senate subcomittee regarding location data

14 years ago

ICO Issues Browser Cookies Guidance

The ICO's advice for businesses on upcoming privacy regulations has been criticised for being 'generic'

14 years ago

iOS Update: Apple Doesn’t Care Where You Are

The latest iOS update from Apple reduces the location cache. Now it’s time for Google to do the same for…

14 years ago

Reding Looks To Extend EU Rules On Data Breaches

Following the Sony hack breach, EU Commissioner Viviane Reding has called for sites to tell users of any breaches

14 years ago

Police Raid Hits Google Office In South Korea

Police have raided the South Korean office of Google investigating the search engine's use of location data

14 years ago

iPhone Tracking Queries Trail Previous Privacy Issues

Apple's US Congress grilling is not the first time it has faced government scrutiny over privacy practices

14 years ago

Sophos Demands Facebook Do Better On Privacy

Facebook should enable privacy and security by default, according to an open letter from Sophos

14 years ago

Government To Go Easy Enforcing New EU Privacy Law

The UK government will take its time enforcing new EU privacy laws affecting cookies

14 years ago

Microsoft Streetside Takes On Google In UK

Microsoft has revealed that its answer to Google's controversial StreetView is soon to arrive in the UK

14 years ago

BT Escapes Prosecution Over Phorm

The Crown Prosecution Service will not pursue BT and Phorm for breaching online privacy laws

14 years ago

European RFID Guide Sets NFC Privacy Guidelines

The PIA Framework is a guide to how privacy concerns should be accounted for in NFC implementations

14 years ago

EFF Demands Better Search Privacy In Europe

The Electronic Frontier Foundation wants better EU protection for 'intimate' search records

14 years ago

Lawyers Seek To Block Twitter Data Handover

Twitter's lawyers are trying to block US authorities from accessing personal data as part of a WikiLeaks probe

14 years ago

Facebook Traffic Routed Through China

Facebook traffic on some networks was routed through Chinese and Korean servers, raising privacy concerns

14 years ago

Facebook Questions EU ‘Right To Be Forgotten’

The EU's right to be forgotten is not what users actually want from a social network, says Facebook

14 years ago

ICO Bares Its Teeth With Fifth Data Breach Fine

Another firm will be punished for breaching the Data Protection Act, as the ICO prepares its next fine

14 years ago

France Fines Google Over Street View Privacy Gaffe

The French government has fined Google 100,000 euros for breaching privacy in its WiSpy Street View blunder

14 years ago

Facebook Used To Deliver UK Court Order

In a first for the UK, Facebook has been used as part of the process of forcing a debtor to…

14 years ago

Reding Unveils EU Data Protection Law Update

Non-EU companies such as Google and Facebook could face legal action of they violate EU privacy regulations

14 years ago