Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg admits mistakes in changing the social network’s privacy controls and repeats a pledge to simplify them in…
Sixty percent of respondents to a Sophos poll say they are considering quitting Facebook due to privacy fears
A survey found two thirds of Facebook users are thinking of quitting amid privacy criticism
Two US politicians have called for an investigation of Google, while in Europe the probes into its Wi-Fi snooping get…
Google flouted EU rules in its Wi-Fi data harvest, says Commissioner Reding. There will be a reckoning
Facebook's director of public policy promises changes in radio interview
Now ordinary people are concerned about Facebook's privacy practices, Larry Walsh asks: will they change their behaviour?
The latest privacy concerns have some users threatening to delete their accounts with the social networking service
Google says it will no longer collect Wi-Fi data after its Street View cars accidentally stored personal information for the…
Facebook tightens security as it deals with the continuing fallout over changes to its privacy settings
Facebook might be the world's largest social network, but it also suffers from some privacy and security issues that should…
Facebook has a slack attitude to privacy, and if its users don't keep their wits about them it will become…
Privacy groups have complained to the US FTC, while others fear proposed privacy rules will hurt online commerce
MoveOn.org added a Facebook group petition page to protest Facebook's instant personalisation tool
Government watchdogs accuse Google of disregarding privacy... while Google reveals which governments are asking it for user information
CEOP is bullying Facebook to display its button. Peter Judge would side with the social networking site, if he didn't…
Facebook claims that data it collects from its new "Like" feature will not be used for behavioural ad targeting
Companies ranging from Google to Microsoft to Salesforce.com have joined forces with the American Civil Liberties Union and others to…
Facebook has announced another update to its privacy policy, allowing some third party applications access to users' information without prior…
The pros of social networking outweigh the security cons, but the risks to corporate image and data are still significant
The UK government has forced Google to remove images from Street View which breached the Official Secrets Act, according to…
The social network giant’s sustained refusal to adopt the UK's Ceop online protection scheme for children has led to a…
Google has received complaints since it expanded its Street View service last week to cover 96 percent of UK roads
Harriet Harman says MPs are "taking action" to make Facebook adopt the UK's CEOP online protection scheme for children -…
From executives being charged for privacy violations, to complaints from Microsoft-supported entities in Brussels and Google's joust with China, Google…