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

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, ...

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...

Ralph Bendrath has an excellent summary of the struggle for privacy and data security rights in Germany during 2008: Privacy in Germany 2008: A new fundamental right, a privacy mass movement, and the usual surveillance suspects Those of us in the UK who oppose this inept Labour Government's mania for repressive privacy and security destroying policies, should note that other countries like Ge...

The Liberal Democrats – scourge of the government over privacy breaches – are scrambling to deal with an embarrassing ruling that suggests they had broken privacy rules themselves

There is of something endemically hilarious and hypocritical about a tabloid newspaper being outraged at how our privacy is being threatened, considering much of their profit and stories come exactly from someone's privacy being infringed, for whatever dubious justification, but it's especially breathtaking when it rants like this in the editorial column: AN Englishman’s home is hi...

My good friend Stateside, Russell E Whitaker, is, like an increasing number of Facebook users, getting annoyed at how any privacy settings that might seem to be available on the service are not being respected and have in fact been eroded, according to this report. Now, I have always taken the view that the internet is not a fully robust thing from a privacy point of view, but then again, if a bus...

EU privacy regulators have joined a growing chorus of watchdogs that are worried by changes to the privacy settings of popular social networking site Facebook.

Nick Clegg will be speaking tonight at the 20th annivesary celebrations of human rights group, Privacy International, and will stress the importance of this coming general election as an opportunity to win back privacy. Here are some extracts from his speech: Labour has spent 13 years trampling over people’s privacy. From allowing children’s fingerprints to be taken

Facebook has "serious privacy gaps" and must make changes to comply with Canadian laws, according to a report issued by the country's privacy commissioner