Surveillance-IT

Privacy Advocates Urge UK Gov To Protect Rights Online

A group of privacy campaigners is calling for clearer online rights, ahead of today's cyber security conference

13 years ago

Met Police Acquires Mobile Phone Monitoring Kit

The Met Police will not confirm reports that it has acquired technology to monitor mobile phone calls

13 years ago

Google To Take Street View Indoors

Google's latest expansion of its Street View service will cover the inside of popular businesses

13 years ago

Facebook Denies ‘Shadow Profiles’ Claim

Facebook has denied allegations it is building profiles of non-users ahead of a data protection audit this week

13 years ago

Security Is Draining Down The Plughole Of Privacy

Little by little we are giving up our privacy and with it security ebbs away without us realising what we…

13 years ago

Amazon Silk Browser Faces Privacy Probe

US lawmakers are concerned that Amazon's Silk web browser tracks people's browsing habits

13 years ago

ICO Slates Council For Posting Salary Details Online

Dumfries & Galloway Council put personal details for 900 staff members on a website

13 years ago

Google Launches Online Safety Campaign

Google is working with Citizens Advice Bureau on a publicity campaign to spread awareness about web security

13 years ago

Google+ Updated With Granular Privacy Controls

Google+ users now have more granular privacy controls to better control notifications and comments

13 years ago

Facebook ‘Frictionless Sharing’ Raises Privacy Issues

The privacy implications of Facebook's frictionless sharing for social apps are causing concern among experts

13 years ago

Facebook Fixes Cookie Privacy Issue

Facebook has changed the way it handles cookies, after accusation that it leaked personal data

13 years ago

Schools Must Teach Data Privacy, Says ICO

Most children do not read the privacy policies of social networks, the Information Commissioner says

13 years ago

Data Masking Touted As Protection For Sensitive Info

Data masking should be utilised more to protect a business's sensitive data from security risks

13 years ago

Facebook Adds Privacy Settings Reflecting Google+

Facebook does not worry about the "other social network" but new privacy changes look similar to Google+

13 years ago

Microsoft Drops Respawning Cookies From MSN

Microsoft removed cookies that were able to regenerate even after the user deleted them

13 years ago

Apple Phasing Out iPhone Tracking Feature

Apple has told developers that it is 'deprecating' a feature that allows companies to track unique users

13 years ago

Government Prodded Over Personal Data Protection

The Equality and Human Rights Commission says government needs to overhaul its data protection regime

13 years ago

HTML5 Allows Cookies To Rise From The Dead

A recent report shows that privacy is an illusion as persistent Flash and HTML5 cookies respawn after deletion, says Eric…

13 years ago

Google+ Fake Namers To Get Four-Day Grace

Google is to enforce its real name policy on Google+, giving those using fakes name four days to change

13 years ago

LinkedIn Backtracks Over User Privacy Changes

LinkedIn has relented, following public pressure, after it quietly changed its users’ privacy settings

13 years ago

LinkedIn Privacy Concerns After User Setting Change

LinkedIn has quietly changed its users' privacy settings without explicitly warning of the change

13 years ago

Facebook Denies Making Phone Numbers Public

Syncing mobiles with Facebook does not reveal contact numbers in public, says the social networking giant

13 years ago

Facebook ‘Reads’ User Updates For News Feature

A new Facebook feature scans users' posts and then groups messages around particular topic pages

13 years ago

Gartner: Enterprises Must Revise Privacy Policies

Privacy policies need revamping for cloud, location-based services, security breaches and new regulations

13 years ago

The EU Cookie Laws Will Be Hard To Swallow

When it comes to kicking out the cookies, the EU may have bitten off more than it can eschew, argues…

13 years ago

Facial Recognition, Social Networks Threaten Privacy

At Black Hat, a researcher showed how facial-recognition could link passers-by to Facebook profiles

13 years ago

Microsoft Researcher Slams Google+ Real-Name Policy

Google+'s real-name policy is an abuse of power and harms privacy, according to Microsoft researcher Dana Boyd

13 years ago

Research Uses Face Recognition To Find Personal Data

Researchers have shown off the ability to discover personal data using simple face recognition software

13 years ago

Social Networks Pose Fresh Scam Threat

Social networks are making it increasingly easy for scammers to research a detailed profile of their targets

13 years ago

Encryption Password Sparks US Constitutional Battle

A case in the US is raising questions over whether government can force companies to disclose passwords

13 years ago