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Privacy group takes on ACS:Law over porn data breach

...against people suspected of unlawful file-sharing, is facing legal action by Privacy International after those people's details were leaked during a security breach... Read more

27 September, 2010 by David Meyer

Microsoft held back on privacy in IE8, says group

...the idea, according to a privacy campaign organisation. The software giant told Privacy International in a meeting in 2008 that it was weighing up the... Read more

3 August, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Google prosecution pursued by privacy group

...according to legal experts. The accusation was made by leading privacy group Privacy International (PI) on Wednesday. The group said that Google's sorting and... Read more

11 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner

O2 plans customer data control console

...third parties in a chain, said Hanff, a communications project leader at Privacy International. He questioned whether data control would pass back to the O2... Read more

15 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Google gets OK to delete Street View Wi-Fi data

...data it had intercepted, but the deletion was prevented after campaign group Privacy International lodged a complaint with the Metropolitan Police. In July, an ICO... Read more

22 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Pefias web ID plan 'one of the most dangerous schemes of the past decade'

...to register their identity. Simon Davies, the director-general of UK-based Privacy International, told ZDNet UK that the pan-European framework for electronic identification... Read more

23 May, 2012 by David Meyer

Web scanner complies with privacy law, says TalkTalk

...response follows strong criticism of the system from non-profit, privacy watchdog Privacy International. The system has been introduced to aid development of TalkTalk's... Read more

24 August, 2010 by Ben Woods

Privacy group criticises ICO Google Wi-Fi response

Campaign group Privacy International has said that the Information Commissioner's Office was premature in... Read more

30 July, 2010
UK airport body scans will not be opt out

UK airport body scans will not be opt out

Travellers will not be allowed an alternative to a full-body scan at airport security, despite the introduction of new European privacy rights, the UK transport minister has said Read more

23 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

US report prompts fresh Google Street View UK scrutiny

...to ensure our recommendations have been put in place." UK campaign group Privacy International told the Guardian on Tuesday that Google should be investigated by... Read more

1 May, 2012

LulzSec leader 'Sabu' was FBI informant

...group to become more and more aggressive." 'Sabu' launched an attack against Privacy International servers in response to Hanff trying to calm the situation, Hanff... Read more

6 March, 2012

ECJ blocks bid to force social networks to monitor users

...in the other 26 EU member states, was welcomed by campaign group Privacy International. "It's really good to see a second ruling by the... Read more

16 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

'Do you trust Google?' is the wrong question

...For a good explanation of what TPLs do, look at the new Privacy International site, where you’ll soon be able to get blocking lists... Read more

26 January, 2012
Google: No opt-out of mix-and-match data

Google: No opt-out of mix-and-match data

...friends' names, are accurate because you've typed them before." Campaign organisation Privacy International criticised the changes to Google's privacy policy on Wednesday, saying... Read more

25 January, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Privacy watchdog to probe O2 over phone number leaks

...of exposing their phone numbers to anyone with a website. – Alex Hanff, Privacy International "When people visit a website via their mobile phone, they would... Read more

25 January, 2012 by David Meyer

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