Surveillance-IT

Nick Clegg Demands Snooper’s Charter Rethink

Communications Data Bill should be completely rethought, Nick Clegg and Justice Committee argue

11 years ago

Leveson Calls For Tough Internet Privacy Laws

The man in charge of the inquiry into press standards wants to stop Internet trolls

11 years ago

EU Resists ‘Extreme’ US Lobbying As Data Privacy War Brews

Exclusive: US officials try to alter and delay EU data privacy reform, sources tell TechWeekEurope, but Commission stands firm

11 years ago

Facebook Users Have One Week To Halt Vote Change

Facebook users have only a week to vote on controversial changes to the social networking giant's user policies

11 years ago

Facebook Faces Privacy Lawsuit In Ireland

Austrian privacy group is preparing for a lawsuit against Facebook after more than a year of campaigning for changes

11 years ago

Lib Dems To Withdraw Support For ‘Snoopers Charter’

Nick Clegg is on the verge of withdrawing support for the controversial Communications Data Bill

11 years ago

David Petraeus Proves It: Email Is Not Secure

Wayne Rash asks: how could the head of the CIA not realise he couldn't trust secrets to Gmail?

11 years ago

Facebook Proposes Data Sharing Across Services

Facebook is proposing a change to its data usage policies to allow user details to be shared with its Intagram…

11 years ago

Google Raises Alarm On ITU Internet Treaty Discussions

Tech giant worried governments will ruin the Internet

11 years ago

UK Government Threatens Businesses Over Open Data

Government urges companies to open up under midata initiative

11 years ago

Facebook Lobbies Brussels In Earnest On EU Data Privacy Proposals

Facebook joins other US bodies pushing for changes to European Commission data privacy proposals

12 years ago

Google Adds ‘Do Not Track’ To Chrome 23

Google Chrome users now have the option of enabling 'Do Not Track' in their browser, a feature which is stirring…

12 years ago

Facebook Privacy Boosted Again After Irish Pressure

New users will be given more education during the signing up process

12 years ago

Theresa May Rebuffs ‘Snooper’s Charter’ Criticisms Before Committee

Home secretary bats away most questions on the Communications Data Bill but has a few wobbles in the face of…

12 years ago

South Carolina Hit By Massive Data Breach

Hackers have stolen sensitive data on 3.6 million taxpayers from the US state of South Carolina, in the latest breach…

12 years ago

British Spy Firm Rejects US Claim It Makes Android Malware

US agency says Gamma International's software is being used by criminals - but the British firm begs to differ

12 years ago

Google May Win, Whether Or Not It Bows To EU Privacy Pressure

Changes to Google's privacy policy may come through in response to the EU regulators. But Peter Judge wonders if they…

12 years ago

Santander In Cookie Security ‘Train Wreck’

Santander customers aren't happy about alleged security failings at the bank

12 years ago

EU Watchdogs Order Google Privacy ‘Upgrade’

Google has to give users more control, says the EU

12 years ago

EU Watchdogs To Outlaw Google Privacy Policy

Unified Google privacy policy is likely to be found illegal

12 years ago

Neelie Kroes Warns On Do Not Track Watering Down

Kroes calls on industry to ensure DNT is not weakened because of advertiser pressure

12 years ago

RSA 2012: Jimmy Wales Set For ‘Snooper’s Charter’ Showdown With Theresa May

Wales tells TechWeekEurope he plans to explain the flaws of 'Snooper's Charter' to home secretary next month

12 years ago

Telefonica To Resell User Location Tracking Data

O2 parent Telefonica has launched a new unit devoted to reselling real-time data on the movements of its users around…

12 years ago

Facebook Bug Adds False ‘Likes’

Shares count as likes, even when shared in private, but only on plug-in counters, but some likes are liking stuff…

12 years ago

Microsoft Upsets Advertisers With IE 10 Do Not Track

Microsoft has provoked fury among advertisers for its default 'Do Not Track' feature in Internet Explorer 10

12 years ago

Facebook Privacy Boosted As French Watchdog Dismisses Message ‘Bug’

French data protection watchdog says claims of a bug revealing private messages on users' walls are nonsense

12 years ago

BYOD Users Fear Employer Snooping

A new survey has revealed that BYOD users have privacy concerns over the snooping habits of their bosses

12 years ago

Survey: Regulation, Privacy Erode Business Confidence In Cloud

Businesses feel cloud computing lacks maturity and shows little innovation, according to a survey by the Cloud Security Alliance

12 years ago