Scroogle is a popular search tool that takes your Google search, runs it through a system that that delivers Google results without revealing your IP address, setting a cookie, or any other kind of data... More...
Facebook's new social features allow apps to be added to user profiles without notification being given to the user. Macworld discovered this new security concern and compared it to malware considering the secretive nature surrounding... More...
Last week the University of California CIO, Peter Siegel, and several IT council members sent a letter to staff that they have decided to end their GMail pilot. The goal was to make GMail the... More...
This morning, TechCrunch has pointed out a shocking security flaw in Facebook that allows users to see the live chats of any of their friends. The discovery furthers the concern that Facebook's security is not... More...
Four Democratic senators have raised concerns over Facebook's privacy controls in a letter due to be sent to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The Associated Press received a draft of the letter due to be sent... More...
Google has stirred up a lot of trouble with their street view project. They've been sued for driving up a couples private drive and snapping a photo of their house and they even started blurring... More...
It's true, Google Buzz was not well received by the general public at first go. But, since then, Google has ramped up development within the project and swiftly addressed the privacy issues that plagued the... More...
In a recent Supreme Court ruling, Israel has ruled that anonymity on the Internet can only be forcefully removed "where a cause of action against the anonymous commenter exists and where the anonymity was used... More...
Internet users in Chile and the U.S. came under the control of Chinese Firewall censoring today, according to Good Gear Guide. A networking error related to the operation of BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) routing used... More...
The BBC News is reporting that an Italian court has convicted three Google executives over footage showing a teenager with Down's Syndrome being bullied, which was posted to YouTube. The Three Google executives were convicted of... More...
For many students, renting laptops from schools to use is an effective and inexpensive way to get work done. Even some universities offer the same deal, but no student ever stops to ask, what cost... More...
Ever since Google force-fed Buzz upon its millions and millions of Gmail users, screams of privacy issues have ensued. Up until now, you were able to "disable" Buzz from a link at the bottom of... More...
An interesting proposal was announced on the official Google Code Blog this week. In a lengthy draft, a group of DNS and content providers (including Google) outline the concept of extending the DNS protocol to... More...
Seeing that it is Data Privacy Day, Startpage announced the launch of a new proxy service allowing users to browse the web anonymously. Visitors must first enter a query in the Startpage search engine and... More...
Privacy has become a very hot topic across the Interwebs over the course of the year, with much of the focus aimed at Google and the plethora of information that they aggregate. Many people out... More...
Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerburg, has said that the rise of social networking within the last decade means that people no longer expect privacy, according to the Guardian. Speaking at TechCrunch's "Crunchie" awards in San Francisco... More...
Databases. Security cameras. IP addresses. These are some of the most popular swear words in the privacy world at the moment, and if you you wait a little longer, add GPS trackers and ANPR (Automatic... More...
Canada's privacy commission has published a report claiming that Facebook is breaching Canadian law by holding on to users' personal information indefinitely. Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says Facebook should hang on to the data only... More...
A quarter of all databases created and used by the British government are illegal, and should be scrapped or redesigned, according to a report from the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust. The Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust,... More...
A lawsuit made by a couple who claim that Google's Street View violated their privacy, has been dismissed by a federal judge, according to BBC News. Christine and Aaron Boring claimed that the photographs, taken... More...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a U.S nonprofit legal organization, has sent a letter to White House Counsel demanding the reason for exempting third party cookies from WhiteHouse.gov's privacy policy. The White House website's privacy... More...
Google received another request on Friday to stop its Street View service, this time from a group of Japanese lawyers and professors who say the service violates their right to privacy. Talking to Reuters,... More...
Google's new Flu Trends tool, which collects and analyzes search queries to predict flu outbreaks around the country, is raising concern with privacy groups. Privacy groups have questioned the lack of transparency with the... More...
Google's Street View service didn't invade a Pittsburgh couple's privacy, the search giant said in a response to the couple's April lawsuit over the matter. "Plaintiffs' privacy claims fail, among other reasons, because the... More...
The BBC's technology programme Click has exposed a security flaw in the social networking site Facebook which could compromise privacy. Using a simple malicious application could open up yourself and your friends (who do not... More...
At RSA Conference 2008, Craig Mundie, Microsoft's Chief Research and Strategy Officer, announced his company's "End to End Trust vision," which aims to give users more control over what is trustworthy online. Microsoft published a... More...
Amidst a user backlash regarding changes to its Reader application, Google on Wednesday made slight adjustments to the service to enable more control over sharing capabilities. Reader users can now separate shared newsfeeds into categories... More...
European lawmakers plan to take the unusual step of pressing antitrust regulators next month to look at privacy concerns raised by Google Inc.'s intended takeover of online ad tracker DoubleClick. The $3.1 billion deal has... More...
Search engine Ask has launched a feature that it hopes will prove a selling point for consumers concerned about their online privacy. AskEraser allows users to immediately delete search queries stored on Ask's servers,... More...
Nine privacy and consumer organizations asked the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday to create a "do not track" list for Internet users who don't want their online activities tracked, stored and used by advertising networks.... More...
The European Union (EU) review of Google's $3.1bn (£1.5bn) bid for DoubleClick will focus solely on the competition aspects of the deal and not privacy issues. The European Commission will decide by the end of... More...
Advanced Privacy Cleaner allows you to regain your computer's privacy with ease. This simple tool cleans your tracks with a single click. The program deletes only the types of tracks you select. After your tracks... More...
A new web browser has hit the market and aims to provide you with the most secure internet experience possible. The e-Capsule Private Browser has been developed by Enterprise Information Security Systems and Technology (EISST)... More...
Search site Google has called on governments and business to agree a basic set of global privacy rules. Without global standards the health of the internet was at risk, the firm's privacy chief Peter Fleischer... More...
Total Privacy is a safe and easy-to-use to use privacy protection tool that stops all those pesky snoopers such as Cookies, history, index.dat, competitors and even your boss! from finding the trail of your computer... More...
Consumer privacy firm TRUSTe is under fire from spyware researchers over its handling of a recent rogue download incident, and the fallout is leading those connected with the case to publicly question the firm's credibility.... More...
Microsoft will start erasing data from web searches after 18 months, unless it receives consent to store it longer. Microsoft is calling on the rest of the Internet industry to support it, with a common... More...
The world's leading industrialised nations have been forced to update privacy laws made obsolete by the huge volume of data moving around the net. Of particular concern to the 30 OECD states was the... More...
Total Privacy is a safe and easy-to-use to use privacy protection tool that stops all those pesky snoopers such as Cookies, history, index.dat, competitors and even your boss! from finding the trail of your computer... More...
Web search leader Google Inc.'s commitment to consumer privacy came under fire from Privacy International, a British activist group that has previously singled out Google for criticism. The London-based group released a report on Saturday... More...
Total Privacy is a safe and easy-to-use to use privacy protection tool that stops all those pesky snoopers such as Cookies, history, index.dat, competitors and even your boss! from finding the trail of your computer... More...
Elements of Google's privacy policy are "vague" and need to be made more precise, the firm's global privacy counsel has told BBC News. Peter Fleischer said the company "could do better" with policy statements... More...
A European Commission advisory group, composed of representatives from all of the European Union countries, sent Google a letter expressing concern over Google's new privacy policy announced in March. The issue surrounds Google's policy of... More...
Privacy groups have lodged a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over Google's proposed acquisition of online advertising company DoubleClick. The merger will give the combined company unprecedented power, they argue. Three groups have... More...
Total Privacy is a safe and easy-to-use to use privacy protection tool that stops all those pesky snoopers such as Cookies, history, index.dat, competitors and even your boss! from finding the trail of your computer... More...
Privacy Guardian guarantees your privacy by ensuring all traces of your online Internet and computer activities are permanently erased and unrecoverable on your PC. Information from every website you visit is stored on your computer... More...
Some technology vendors and advocacy groups see new opportunities in the U.S. Congress in 2007, with issues such as patent reform and data protection getting fresh life under a Democratic-controlled legislature. Democrats took control of... More...
Joggers using the iPod Sport kit to keep fit are putting their personal privacy at risk, warn scientists. The academics showed how easy it was to track those using the combination of music... More...
Privacy Fence is a handy tool kit designed to completely erase all your tracks on a computer. With just one mouse-click, it helps you to erase cookies, cache, history and auto-complete data of popular Internet... More...
This week the gang talks about IBM once again building the Fastest Supercomputer Ever, Amazon.com unwraps its Unbox movie service, and Facebook takes a beating over privacy options. Speaking of privacy, the team also discusses... More...