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Yahoo Reverses Position On ‘Do Not Track’
Yahoo will no longer honour browsers' Do Not Track requests, saying an effective standard has not emerged
Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft Boost Data Request Disclosure Rules
Several major IT companies are reportedly moving to automatically notify users of government data requests
Secret Social Network To Hit UK Shores
Privacy affectionados celebrate after 'Secret', the anonymous social network, prepares for UK launch
Google To Stop Scanning Student Gmail Accounts For Adverts
Google pledges not to scan educational Gmail accounts for advert information following scrutiny
Anonymous Linux Distribution TAILS Reaches Release Version 1.0
The OS that helped Edward Snowden communicate with journalists is ready for prime time
Facebook Tightens Data Settings And Launches Mobile Ad Network
New measures allow users to limit how much personal information they share with third-party mobile apps
US Judge Orders Microsoft To Hand Over Dublin Data To Cops
Microsoft tries to fight US government attempts to get data held on foreign soil, but fails
Brazil ‘Internet Constitution’ Guarantees Privacy And Net Neutrality
Brazil passes legislation designed to protect web users ahead of global confernence on the future of Internet governance in the country
HMRC To Sell Private Taxpayer Data
The government is pushing ahead with legal changes that would allow HMRC to share anonymised taxpayer data, but only in cases where there is a 'public benefit'
Google Lambasted For Building ‘Digital Superstate’
A German media boss accuses Google of building a digital superstate and operating a global network monopoly
Virgin Media Fixes Email Issue After Users Complain Of Excessive Spam
Virgin Media customers with a 'virgin.net' address complain of receiving hundreds of messages after a service email lets anyone reply to the group
Lavabit Loses Contempt Of Court Appeal
Failure to hand over encryption keys could land Lavabit founder Levison with hefty fines
Google Gets Explicit On Email Scanning With Fresh Terms
Tech giant takes action after facing criticism for not being clear over Gmail scanning
Microsoft Azure Gains EU Privacy Approval
The Microsoft Azure platform becomes the first solution to meet the EU's stringent privacy requirements
EU Court Declares Data Retention ‘Invalid’
Rights bodies call for the UK to finally drop plans to force ISPs into keeping user information
Ex-GCHQ Head And David Blunkett Call For Spying Transparency
Former Home secretary David Blunkett and ex-director of GCHQ Sir David Omand both say the intelligence agency should be more transparent
Italy Fines Google €1m Over Street View Gaffe
Italy hands out one of the stiffest European fines to Google over its StreetView cars
Since the NSA Scandal, TechWeek Readers Are Suspicious Of Microsoft
The NSA scandal has eroded user trust in the big US cloud service and storage providers, suggests our latest poll
LinkedIn Fights To Shut Email Revealing Add-On
LinkedIn says it is doing everything it can to shut down a service called Sell Hack which shares email addresses, but the tool's developers plead their innocence
Turkish ISPs Set Up Fake Google DNS Servers
Google concerned over fake Domain Name System servers apparently set up by Turkish ISPs, amidst various forms of web censorship in the country
Obama To Propose NSA Stops Storing Phone Records
US President will make proposal to Congress following major public outcry at NSA mass surveillance
Microsoft Promises To Take Legal Advice Before Reading Hotmail Accounts
New rules come after the company allegedly read the email account of an ex-employee suspected of leaking Microsoft secrets
Huawei Upset At NSA Hacking Reports
Huawei is outraged: it seems that the NSA was spying on it, while the US government accused it of spying for the Chinese
Microsoft Criticised For Accessing Blogger’s Hotmail
Microsoft has drawn complaints for accessing the Hotmail account of a blogger during its investigation of leaked software
NSA Lawyer: Tech Titans Knew Of Surveillance Data Collection
NSA brief contradicts tech giants' vociferous claims they knew nothing about surveillance
WhatsApp Founder Denies Facebook Acquisition Will Alter Privacy Policies
Jan Koum defends WhatsApp users' right to privacy following $19bn acquisition by Facebook earlier this month
NSA ‘Can Collect All Phone Calls In One Nation’
NSA data collection even more vast than previously thought
ICO Looks Into BT E-Mail Data Breach Claims
ICO looks into claims that BT exposed its users' email accounts during platform migration from Yahoo Mail
The Next 25 Years: No Privacy But Hey… Flying Cars!
Surveillance might be good for us, programming languages could die, and cars may fly, says Nathaniel Borenstein, inventor of email attachments