US privacy watchdog, Truste has decided not to take action against Microsoft, despite ruling that the firm's Windows 98 software compromised user privacy. Truste found that Windows 98's online registration wizard transmitted unique hardware ID...
The latest US initiative to tackle self-regulation of data protection, BBB Online, has come under attack from privacy groups for giving its stamp of approval to a company accused of violating federal privacy law.
US privacy campaigner Richard Smith has abandoned his focus on privacy rights to concentrate on security issues. Since the terror attacks, security issues have been given much more prominence than privacy.
Technology and consumer privacy experts testifying at a California Senate hearing have called for regulation of the controversial tracking technology designed to wirelessly monitor everything from clothing to currency.
Over 30 civil liberties and privacy groups have demanded a suspension to the deployment of radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging systems until a number of issues surrounding the controversial technology have been addressed.
The UK's privacy tsar has made a plea to the government not to rush through a centralised database of all UK communications. Thomas said privacy was already being quietly eroded, citing examples of the expansion of the DNA database and the...
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