Consumer group Which? claims that Yahoo is snooping on users' mail, but Yahoo says this is standard practice
Google said it is readying a patch for a privacy flaw in Google+ that involves the 'resharing' feature
Nokia is merging Navteq with its other location operations, with the aim of kickstarting new services
High-profile hacktivists Lulzsec and Anonymous call for attacks on governments and banks
Lulzsec has offered to help investigate the breach, in which personal data on 1.3 million Sega Pass users was stolen
Regulators worldwide have complained that Facebook's face recognition feature abuses users' rights
Hackers embarrass the companies they exploit but the victims who need better protection are their customers, says Eric Doyle
Two men have been fined a total of more than £70,000 for illegally selling lucrative customer data to third parties
Surrey County Council has been fined £120,000 for sending sensitive data to taxi firms, among other breaches
Facebook admits it should have been more clear about the roll out of Tag Suggestions using facial recognition
Facebook's tagging suggestions feature uses facial recognition technology, prompting privacy concerns
Twitter users could face prosecution for breaking privacy injunctions, Attorney General Dominic Grieve has warned
Most websites are guilty of leaking sensitive user information, according to an academic survey
The ICO has given businesses in the UK a year to comply with new EU privacy rules concerning cookies
The establishment always views the young as being irresponsible and a threat to the status quo but Generation Y may…
The exposure of Ryan Giggs on Twitter trivialises questions of protection and sweeps aside objections to media intrusion, says Peter…
British injunction system under stress as footballer is named in a Scottish paper and thousands of tweets
Google is quietly fixing its flaw and developing privacy tools, but Schmidt wants a window on your information
Apple, Google and employers must comply with new European Union rules for geo-location data permissions
As Facebook wipes the egg from its face following an ineffectual smear campaign, Google is taking the high road, says…
In its attempt to secretly blacken Google's name, Facebook shows it simply refuses to understand privacy, says Peter Judge
Clumsy anti-Google smear campaign based on privacy allegations blows up in Facebook's Face
The Information Commissioner has issued advice to organisations on how to use personal data responsibly
The Metropolitan Police's purchase of GeoTime tracking software will be misused, warn privacy groups
Apple and Google execs were questioned by a US Senate subcomittee regarding location data
The ICO's advice for businesses on upcoming privacy regulations has been criticised for being 'generic'
The latest iOS update from Apple reduces the location cache. Now it’s time for Google to do the same for…
Following the Sony hack breach, EU Commissioner Viviane Reding has called for sites to tell users of any breaches
Police have raided the South Korean office of Google investigating the search engine's use of location data
Apple's US Congress grilling is not the first time it has faced government scrutiny over privacy practices