Bits: Google’s Tracking of Users Can Also Increase Privacy Protection: “Privacy concerns have been raised by Google and other companies that track users’ activities on the Web, but the tracking has upsides, too. (Via NYT…
Privacy group protests about Street View, but Google says blurring protects privacy: “A privacy pressure group has told Google that its Street View photography service might break the law. But the company says that its…
Online risk due to browser flaws: “Almost half of net users are at risk because their browsers have not been updated to the latest version, says a study.” (Via BBC News.)
UK privacy watchdog says EU laws are not good enough: “The UK’s privacy watchdog has said that EU privacy laws are out of date and in need of reform. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has…
Bits: One Subpoena Is All It Takes to Reveal Your Online Life: “The court order forcing Google to turn over records of who has viewed and uploaded videos on YouTube shows how much information about…
YouTube data to be released, but Google keeps technology secret: “Users of YouTube will have their access details handed over to entertainment giant Viacom and the English football Premier League after a US judge ordered…
Privacy group protests about Street View, but Google says blurring protects privacy: “A privacy pressure group has told Google that its Street View photography service will break the law. But the company says that its…
Google’s spycar revs up UK privacy fears: “ Privacy campaigners launch Street View ambush Google’s Street View cars, which grab real photographs of streets and the people in them for the search giant’s Maps service,…
Bavaria sanctions police spyware: “ Trojan horse rides roughshod over opposition Bavaria has become the first German state to approve laws that allow police to plant spyware on the PCs of terror suspects.… “ (Via…
Europe votes on anti-piracy laws: “Late changes to proposed European telecoms laws could see suspected copyright pirates banned from the net.” (Via BBC News.)