European ruling on 'right to be forgotten' is unworkable, says House of Lords
Google inundated with 12,000 requests to remove weblinks after belatedly allowing 'right to be forgotten'
Google offers a form for people seeking to remove search results about themselves
Noob users of Facebook receive a privacy policy change that will limit their first postings to the audience they want…
Google asks US Congress to revise American privacy laws and takes part in "The Day We Fight Back" campaign, in…
Facebook has been slapped with a lawsuit over allegations it scans the private messages of users
Google will pay $17m to various US states in order settle the Safari browser tracking cases
Despite already doing a lot to delete indecent images from the Internet, Google and ISPs are facing calls to do…
A Microsoft survey has revealed that the majority of Web users are very concerned about their online privacy
Google risks fresh privacy rows after filing a patent for a policy violation/law breaking scanning tool
US authorities are seeking additional ways to ramp up their Internet surveillance capabilities
Facebook is reportedly developing a mobile app that tracks your location, even when the handset is not being used
A study of applications for credit and bank cards in the US has uncovered more than 10,000 identity-fraud rings
Facebook has avoided an FTC fine, but will be monitored for 20 years as part of its settlement with the…
British Airways is accused of snooping on its passengers by using the Internet to hunt down personal information
As promised the government has begun consultations over an automatic block for online pornography
Twitter has joined the privacy drive after announcing its support for the "Do Not Track" initiative
Google is to meet with the French privacy watchdog next week over its controversial new user privacy policy
Joining the likes of Google and Microsoft, Yahoo will is instituting consumer privacy technology on its websites
Google's Account Activity feature provides users with a password-protected record of their online transactions
European attitudes to the trade-off between privacy and security are to be examined by a group of researchers
The FBI is seeking to develop software to scan Twitter and Facebook for 'emerging threats'
Google is to unify its privacy policies across its online product portfolio, but some are worried by the move
Google is looking to educate users about online security and privacy with its new "Good to Know" ad campaign
A sobering statistic for the New Year is the revelation that the majority of Britons' Facebook photos are taken while…
New proposals from the influential NHS Future Forum could allow patients to view their medical records online by 2015
Google+ users now have more granular privacy controls to better control notifications and comments
An alarming number of web users are risking identify theft because of their poor online behaviour
Google is to enforce its real name policy on Google+, giving those using fakes name four days to change
LinkedIn has relented, following public pressure, after it quietly changed its users’ privacy settings