Privacy News
Facebook Going Public – Top Secret?
31st January 2012
While it has been discussed for a long time that Facebook will go public, it now looks as though that is finally about to happen. More »
Google’s New Privacy Policy – What’s Wrong With It?
27th January 2012
Google announced this week that they will be discarding 60 of their privacy policies and replacing them with one common privacy policy, covering multiple products and features of Google. While this might seem a good move for users, it’s not quite as innocent a move as it may seem. More »
Facebook Could Be Forced To Deliver Privacy
1st December 2011
Following the passing of new privacy guidelines for social networks by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Facebook stated that they are very willing to follow those rules. Putting this to practice may be more difficult than it seems. More »
Facebook Forced To Review User Privacy
30th November 2011
Over a period of time, Facebook has had to deal with a lot of problems regarding user privacy, and on Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) laid out specific rules for Facebook to follow in this regard. More »
Facebook Changes Privacy Settings To Keep Up With Google+
24th August 2011
Facebook has decided to introduce a new set of privacy settings for users. These new settings are just modifications of the earlier privacy settings mechanism, making it easier for users to make changes that they would like to incorporate. More »
EU Commissioner’s Thinly Veiled Threat To Facebook
22nd June 2011
There has been a fair degree of dissatisfaction with the existing data protection laws available in the EU, and new laws are soon to be drafted. The EU Commissioner, Viviane Reding, used the opportunity to warn Facebook that they “cannot hide anymore”. More »
Twitter User Data Released To UK Local Council
31st May 2011
The Council of South Tyneside in the North of England has approached the U.S. court in California demanding information from Twitter about the identity of a particular user. More »
Twitter Paving The Way For Privacy Law Reform
23rd May 2011
Twitter is once again the source of breaking news in the UK, except this time the story revolves around protecting / invading the privacy of a local footballer. More »
Facebook Takes Dirty Shot At Google
12th May 2011
Both the internet giants Facebook and Google have been trying to out-do each other for some time, but so far the efforts of each were kept secret. A recent piece of information has, however, brought out the rivalry into the open and put Facebook to shame. More »
EU Forcing Privacy Policy On Facebook, Google
18th March 2011
For some time now, there has been a call to protect the privacy of users, but it has not been taken very seriously by those concerned. The European Justice Commissioner, Viviane Reding, has decided to tackle the issue head on. More »
Google Privacy Policies Result In Prosecution In Europe
20th January 2011
Ever since the wi-fi snooping issue, Google has been facing problems in Europe, with respect to the local privacy laws. More »
Science Teacher Investigated Over “Lewd” Facebook Pics
14th October 2010
The growing popularity of social networks leads to a host of new problems that weren’t faced by society in the pasr. This time it is a science teacher, who is at the centre of controversy. More »
Google Caught Snooping Wi-Fi Data
17th May 2010
User privacy advocates will have a bonfire to roast Google on when this piece of news becomes generally known…
Google has admitted to German and Irish authorities that they have been “mistakenly” collecting information transmitted over unencrypted wi-fi networks over the last three years. More »
Facebook Privacy Stance Raises Federal Eyebrows
27th January 2010
Facebook changed user privacy settings on their site late last year, classifying a lot of user data by default as “publicly available information”. The FTC has been alerted and are now probing the matter. More »
Google Latitude Ushers New Era In Mobile Social Activity
6th February 2009
Google Latitude, the latest service from the UK’s favourite brand, was launched this week. Users can find out where their friends and contacts are and can send and receive status messages via their mobile handsets. More »
Are Employees Responsible For Content On Their Websites?
5th February 2009
Four Google executives are facing criminal charges of defamation and privacy violation in Italy due to a video that was displayed on YouTube. More »
Yahoo! Appeases Privacy Advocates
23rd December 2008
Only last week we had reported that Yahoo! had said that they would store user data for a period of 13 months. In quite a sudden about-turn they have now decided to delete the personal data from their data bases in 3 months. After 3 months, all the user log data as well as data from page views, page clicks and ad views and clicks will be deleted. More »
EU And Search Engines Battle Over Privacy Laws
18th December 2008
It is a well known fact that search engines retain data regarding the searches conducted by their clients for a long period of time. While they may have their reasons for doing so, the EU has taken objection to this practice, as it affects the privacy of users. More »
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