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Privacy Winner
Downloads Privacy Winner is a software which safeguards your privacy by ensuring all traces of your online Internet and computer activities permanently to be erased and unrecoverable on your PC. Privacy Winner also retrieves valuable hard drive space and...
[June 4, 2009, 10:46]
Privacy watchdogs mull Engage's future
News Privacy advocates are bracing for a signal that beleaguered online ad network Engage plans to dump its media business, promising to protest any potential sale that would transfer ownership of the company's extensive database of anonymous consumer...
[August 10, 2001, 9:42]
Privacy expert resigns to focus on security
News Well-known privacy watchdog Richard Smith said Wednesday that he is leaving his post at the Privacy Foundation to research security issues following the September 11 attacks, one sign of the country's shifting focus from protecting privacy to...
[November 1, 2001, 12:09]
Privacy International director launches 80/20
Blog Simon Davies, who has been involved with campaigning on privacy issues for a number of years, is launching a privacy consultancy firm called 80/20. Davies, who is also a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics, is trying a new tack to...
[May 20, 2008, 14:05]
Privacy watchdog to lead data-sharing review
News But, as the public and private sectors collect and share more and more of our personal information, the risks of security breaches and privacy intrusion increase," said Thomas. The review will consider how best we can ensure that our society reaps...
[October 26, 2007, 12:20]
Privacy issues online
Talkback What i find interesting about privacy laws online and specifically how the media seem to pick on google in this specific area is that the public have been giving this information up way before way the web was even a seed of though in Tim Berners...
[March 20, 2008, 11:47]
Privacy experts warn of 'ambient intelligence' risks
News A group of European technology researchers and academics has warned industry and policy makers of the privacy and security risks posed by gathering and using so-called "ambient intelligence" — data gathered from ubiquitous technology.
[February 4, 2008, 10:26]
Privacy advocates confident about ID card defeat
News A leading privacy organisation claims government plans to introduce national ID cards will be defeated thanks to the publication of a new report from the London School of Economics (LSE). Speaking to ZDNet UK on Tuesday, Simon Davies, the director...
[May 17, 2005, 17:55]
Privacy International cries foul over ID cards
News Civil liberties group Privacy International lodged a complaint of maladministration with the parliamentary ombudsman on Thursday against the government over its handling of the consultation into entitlement cards.
[January 30, 2003, 17:55]
'Privacy zone' blocks camera phones
News Companies worried about staff or visitors using camera phones to take unauthorised pictures will soon be able to automatically disable the imaging system inside certain handsets when they enter a designated wireless "privacy zone".
[September 11, 2003, 17:35]
Privacy tsar: Data protection should be 'way of life'
News Breaking the government's 'culture of secrecy' while protecting the privacy of UK citizens is one of the key challenges facing the new Information Commissioner as he settles into his role. Richard Thomas, 53, formerly the director of public policy...
[January 8, 2003, 9:52]
Privacy snafu enrages eBay customers
News But after hearing reports of whatÂ’s going on and talking with folks, I think there are legitimate privacy concerns. Online privacy group TrustE said the eBay changes raise privacy concerns and it plans to grill execs about it in the next few days.
[January 10, 2001, 9:39]
Privacy experts slam snooping code of practice
News Privacy experts have slammed the Home Office's draft Code of Practice for accessing communications data as a nebulous attempt to justify the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA). The Code of Practice accepts that "proportionality is a...
[August 15, 2001, 16:40]
Privacy activists call for rules on RFID
News A handful of technology and consumer privacy experts testifying at a California senate hearing on Monday called for regulation of a controversial technology that's designed to wirelessly monitor everything from clothing to currency.
[August 19, 2003, 9:30]
Privacy group shines light on Web bugs
News The Privacy Foundation released free software on Thursday that helps consumers detect when a site or email contains a Web bug -- a barely visible tracking tag used mainly by marketers to monitor consumer habits online.
[June 8, 2001, 11:52]
Privacy advocates take aim at Windows XP
News Several privacy groups are set to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday, regarding Microsoft's imminent release of Windows XP, alleging unfair and deceptive trade practices. The Electronic Privacy Information Centre, a...
[July 26, 2001, 10:28]
Privacy concerns over Yahoo IM upgrade
News Ray Everett-Church, a principal at privacy consultancy PrivacyClue, said in this case that Yahoo was going further than it ever had before. Privacy advocates called Yahoo's install tactics disappointing, yet part of a long history of guerrilla...
[September 2, 2005, 9:15]
Privacy groups to take on Microsoft?
News In a letter to Microsoft managers Tuesday, Junkbuster.com President Jason Catlett said a formal complaint over privacy concerns with Microsoft's statements regarding two identifiers in Windows and its applications remained an "option.
[March 10, 1999, 9:42]
Privacy concerns skewing Web statistics
News An increasing number of people are blocking cookies or deleting them to protect their privacy or security, according to a new Jupiter Research study. The market researcher attributes the trend to heightened concern over privacy and security issues...
[March 16, 2005, 8:15]
Privacy groups take efforts to European level
News Ten European privacy and civil rights groups, including two from Britain, have joined forces to create an international body for lobbying at a European level. The move comes as concerns grow over erosion of data privacy by the UK's Regulation of...
[June 13, 2002, 16:10]
