Media observer Brian Cathcart joins the privacy debate: None of us wants to see newspapers dying, but it does not follow that journalists must be allowed to behave as they like. A line has to be drawn on privacy, and it would be contrary to all notions of justice to let newspaper editors draw it where it suits their commercial interests.

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 actions of celebrities and journalists should be judged in the court of public opinion, not a court of law.

Almost one in three journalists complain of bullying in the workplace. A survey of 1,436 members of the journalists' union NUJ found newspaper journalists are the most likely to suffer bullying.

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

The National Union of Journalists have released a short film highlighting some of the problems faced by journalists covering public demonstrations. The nine-minute video includes examples of the police obstructing journalists undertaking perfectly lawful activities, and details how the police exceed their powers in attempting to restrict the ability of journalists to do their work. Not surprisingl...

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...