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They know where you're shopping Pt II
News Despite the presence of such privacy policies, consumers may still be surprised by the extent of information that is stored by companies like Cybersource, the company admits. But only some alert their users they might share private data with credit...
[August 4, 2000, 14:07]
Pirate Party makes waves in Australia
News The Pirate Party, which champions issues such as intellectual-property rights, free speech and data privacy, is on its way to becoming an official party in Australia. The party has limited the issues it wants to take a stand on to only intellectual...
[September 29, 2009, 8:37]
Internet free speech threatened by data protection laws
News According to head of legal affairs at Interactive Investor Anil Raval there is difficult balance to be struck between privacy and the law. Interactive Investor complies with the data protection act and respects the privacy of registered users," he...
[June 13, 2000, 17:05]
Web firms 'must learn from cookie close shave'
News Elements within the EU political scene have been pushing for hard action to be taken against cookies, following concerns that some e-commerce sites have been abusing the technology and violating personal privacy.
[May 31, 2002, 13:43]
Google under fire over autolinking
News Richard Purcell, former chief privacy officer at Microsoft, who's now CEO of Corporate Privacy Group, said: "If I'm on Company A's website, and a third party is allowing me to direct me to Company B, there will be some controversy over who...
[February 21, 2005, 8:40]
They know where you're shopping
News said Richard Smith, chief technical officer of the Privacy Foundation. Still, the notion of an enormous consumer transaction database being maintained by any third party is jarring to online privacy advocates.
[August 4, 2000, 13:59]
Europe succumbs to UK pressure on data retention
News European Council ministers succumbed to pressure from the UK government on Thursday when they approved controversial changes to a data protection and privacy directive. The critics say that if data protection principles are suspended for law...
[December 7, 2001, 15:05]
Identity theft remains a growing problem
News Get the latest on spy networks such as Echelon and Carnivore, as well as privacy issues for companies and individuals alike, at ZDNet UK's Privacy News Section. But the problem is not confined to the high-tech world; non-Internet users are just as...
[July 21, 2003, 17:59]
IBM: Pervasive computing is the future
News If that image sends chills down your spine and you begin uttering phrases such as "invasion of privacy" and "Big Brother", you're not alone. The improvements in technology that allow the location and habits of individuals to be tracked and collated...
[January 30, 2003, 9:24]
Data retention: Who's watching you?
News Get the latest on spy networks such as Echelon and Carnivore, as well as privacy issues for companies and individuals alike, at ZDNet UK's Privacy News Section. The scale of the situation was revealed during an inquiry in data retention by the All...
[December 13, 2002, 16:03]
On the merits of data retention
News Data storage issues aside for the moment, communication logs like the EU's directives call for offer questionable protection from a small group at the expense of both civil liberties and the privacy of the larger group.
[January 10, 2006, 14:35]
Ford may find that porn sticks around
News The problem with inappropriate material in the workplace is so deep-rooted that companies need to have a combination of software automated filtering and a clear company policy that leaves workers in no doubt what is permissible while not...
[March 7, 2002, 14:15]
Could Internet voting have saved the day?
News Some concerned about online privacy and freedom believe that the emergence of digital identities could lead to greater government monitoring and control of citizens. If a government can achieve a system of this kind, its usually very bad at...
[November 9, 2000, 13:17]
IT's a question of ethics in the online workplace
News Other companies are more permissive, but make it abundantly clear that employees can't expect privacy. To balance employee rights and a company's legal interests, some privacy advocates say, employers should check email only after a worker is...
[October 21, 1999, 13:44]
Gov't web monitoring plans unworkable, warns Linx
News The organisation said CSPs would suffer "unreasonable" costs in a project that would intrude on people's privacy. The volume of data the government now proposes CSPs should collect and retain will be unprecedented, as is the overall level of...
[August 4, 2009, 15:55]
Outsmart spyware review
Reviews With a few wrong clicks, you can be completely forfeiting your privacy online. If you're still entertaining the idea of installing something, read the licence agreement and the company's privacy policy very carefully.
[January 24, 2005, 11:20]
Email interception law faces more delays
News Get the latest on spy networks such as Echelon and Carnivore, as well as privacy issues for companies and individuals alike, at ZDNet UK's Privacy News Section. A key part of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) that will force ISPs...
[March 1, 2002, 14:48]
Law enforcement on a borderless Web
News For example, Europe has strict rules about consumer privacy and the posting of material that could be considered racist, meaning sites based in the United States and elsewhere risk crossing the line by posting certain content, even if it's legal...
[June 2, 2002, 7:31]
Google porn probe compromise imminent
News The dispute has elevated the prominence of search privacy, touching on how divorce lawyers or employers in a severance dispute could gain access to search terms that people have typed in. Deciding to grant part of the Justice Department's request...
[March 15, 2006, 12:40]
Australia won't disclose stance on encryption
News However, such a privacy-restrictive move isn't likely to be a quick one, given that additional laws would need to be "created, debated, presumably senate-examined and passed," according to Bayley. A sudden backflip on privacy enhancements to a...
[September 21, 2001, 10:32]
