China has contained the Internet, and Facebook and Apple are restricting it, warns Google founder Sergey Brin
Users will now be able to access data about IP addresses, previous names and friend requests
The myriad ways people can hide their web activity makes the government's overbearing legislation absurd, says Tom Brewster
Anonymous aims its crosshairs at various Government websites, with Number 10 and the MoJ also targeted
The hacking collective Anonymous claims to have successfully launched a denial-of-service attack on the Home Office's website, and promises more…
Google's Larry Page has posted a company update describing Google's focus for the year and denying that its harvesting of…
Government plans to monitor people's web and email use are heavily criticised.
Joining the likes of Google and Microsoft, Yahoo will is instituting consumer privacy technology on its websites
The British feel safer online, but don’t protect private information, says research by Ofcom
O2 Broadband must give details of over 9,000 alleged filesharers to pornographer Ben Dover - but it doesn't mean they…
Cross-party committee tells government to consider legislation if Google does not develop filtering technology to preserve privacy
The US' Federal Trade Commission is putting pressure on Congress and IT companies to better protect user privacy
European attitudes to the trade-off between privacy and security are to be examined by a group of researchers
US Congressmen ask for info on what data social app makers are taking
Privacy is a business opportunity, given the right technology foundations, says science fiction writer and activist Cory Doctorow
Google's Vint Cerf defends the new privacy policy, but admits it wasn't presented well
French regulator CNIL reveals the 69 questions it asked on Google's privacy policy
Apple has been told to send a representative to Washington DC to discuss its privacy practices with Congress
Swedish web hosting company says police asked it to reveal personal details about Pirate Bay domain owner
TVShack creator faces up to five years in prison over copyright infringement charges
A survey has found Google is still the most popular search engine, but users say they don't want their online…
Man believed to have links with Anonymous is arrested by Met Police's e-Crime unit after BPAS is hacked
The proposed framework for privacy is unworkable as it stands, a London forum was told
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt's techno-utopian ideals were brought down to earth by the German Chancellor at the CeBIT fair says…
A US Senator is urging the FTC to intervene against Apple and Google's mobile phone privacy invasion
Viviane Reding condemns advertisers who gain personal data without knowledge or consent of users
Google should not have pushed through its privacy policy changes in the face of conflicts with European data protection laws,…
Two research companies, partnered with Twitter, launch archived public data Tweet packages for sale to marketeers
Google and Facebook among the sites briefly blocked in police blunder
Google is going ahead with privacy policy changes today despite pleas from European Union and US officials