Google is implementing a new privacy policy as of March 1, 2012! Why are they doing it, what is its purpose and does it matter? And if you choose not to agree to the changes then you always have the option of closing your Google account. From Alma Whitten, Director of Privacy, Product and Engineering at Google, comes this statement describing how these privacy policy changes will be good for you, ...

Ahead of a live spiked debate, Simon Davies of Privacy International says Google should stop treating privacy as a pain.

Britain's privacy watchdog is to look again at what personal information internet giant Google gathered from private wi-fi networks.

The European Commission has said that Google's Buzz is in line with the bloc's data protection guidelines, while 10 national regulators from Canada to the UK are demanding that Google must change the privacy controls of the social networking site.

Google’s blasé attitude towards people’s private lives reflects a broader cultural indifference to privacy.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg will visit Google today to discuss issues around privacy and cyber-bullying.

Google announced yesterday (9 September) that it will further shorten the period it stores Internet users' private data in an attempt to address privacy-related concerns. Yet by halving its data retention period from 18 to nine months, the search engine still falls short of fulfilling the demands of EU privacy protection authorities.

Back in April (I know, it seems a lifetime ago - Before Election) a remarkable letter was sent to Google by the Privacy / Information Commissioners of ten countries, including the UK. The letter sets out privacy concerns about an...

Google should be criticised for harvesting personal data, but its blasé attitude to privacy is hardly original.

Simon Davies of Privacy International on why the internet giant keeps infringing people’s privacy.