Clicking ‘install app' on a mobile device does not amount to personal data consent, according to EU privacy watchdog
18 Mar 2013
One half of the former dunnhumby team tells Computing his views on the consumer data landscape
15 Mar 2013
Proxy server access to user accounts sold for cash
21 Feb 2013
Google 'did not provide any precise and effective answers to EU recommendations' on data combining, says CNIL
19 Feb 2013
Raytheon claims the software can 'predict' people's behaviour by analysing Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Foursquare and LinkedIn
11 Feb 2013
The price of admission to our connected culture gets steeper by the day, says Eric D Knapp
05 Feb 2013
Coalition of US privacy bodies and EU representatives slam the likes of Google and Facebook
04 Feb 2013
US fine does not reflect the international nature of the privacy breaches, says consumer group
28 Jan 2013
Google reveals 21,389 user data requests were made my governments in second half of 2012
24 Jan 2013
Record fine for April 2011 data breach. Sony plans to appeal
24 Jan 2013
Plans mean 'the end of medical privacy' and further encroachment by the 'database state', claims security expert
16 Jan 2013
Document urges EU to give its citizens much more control over how their data is exploited
09 Jan 2013
Ministry of Defence accounts for over half of lost computers, mobile phones and other IT items
08 Jan 2013
Information Commissioner says there is 'an underlying problem with data protection in local government'
18 Dec 2012
Google knows who you are, can track you via your smartphone and knows your most peculiar peccadilloes. But is it still living up to its promise to 'do no evil'?
13 Dec 2012
Deputy PM responds to stinging criticism of Bill from MPs
11 Dec 2012
The arrest and confinement of alleged hacker Jeremy Hammond has become a cause célèbre for both sides in the hacktivism debate
11 Dec 2012
Back-up tape misplaced by partner IBM over a year ago
05 Dec 2012
Instagram data sharing and reduced email restrictions questioned
27 Nov 2012
John Leonard explains how organisation can safely navigate the changing threat landscape
26 Nov 2012
User data to be shared across Facebook's portfolio and affiliates in a move similar to Google's much-criticised policy
22 Nov 2012
Code explains issues surrounding anonymisation of personal data and its disclosure
21 Nov 2012
Poster on gaming forum claims discovery of hidden debug menus, unannounced game titles
19 Nov 2012
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