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Ireland tells Facebook to clean up privacy act
Facebook can't escape its perennial privacy problems as the Irish Data Protection Commissioner tells the site to sharpen up.
Week in Review: The iPad cometh
This week in IT, the iPad finally reaches the UK, uncertainty continues to surround Gary McKinnon’s extradition and Facebook shakes up its...
Moxie Marlinspike pans Google privacy changes
Marlinspike, now working for Twitter, says Google is not respecting customer trust in the search giant.
W3C standards promise more private web
The new standards would let consumers know when websites weren't complying with their privacy preferences.
Google chairman Schmidt makes privacy pledge
Eric Schmidt says Google will up its privacy game, with changes in Android coming soon.
EU warns internet giants on privacy
A letter from the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party has been sent to Google, Yahoo and Microsoft telling them to buck up their ideas when it...
Google Street View to head inside businesses
Businesses will be able to open their doors to Google Street View from next year.
Google data protection breach was ‘significant’
The ICO says Google committed a serious breach of UK Data Protection Act during its Street View operation, but no fine has been imposed.
Google urged to up privacy again after Street View 'debacle'
The ICO wants to see privacy implemented at the design stage of any Google project.
Top 10 social media slip ups
After a juror gets in trouble for contacting a defendant over Facebook, we look at some notable social media snafus.
Businesses urged to prepare for EU cookie laws
New EU laws will require websites to gain consent from users before placing cookies on their computers.
Crime maps: Can businesses benefit?
The Government's crime mapping service has some interesting connotations for UK businesses.
Sophos recommends ‘walled garden’ to Facebook
Sophos suggests Facebook could adopt Apple's "walled garden" approach to apps to better protect its users.
UK 'sleep walking' to privatised Big Brother state
We speak to Rob Halfon MP, who believes the UK is heading towards becoming a privatised Big Brother state.
ICO 'won't be panicked' into Google decision
The ICO has issued a statement stressing it will not be "panicked into a knee jerk response" to Google's Street View data collection.
Google faces multi-state US probe over Street View
Connecticut attorney general leads biggest investigation yet into Google's “accidental” interception of personal data using its Street View cars.
Government looks to ISPs as it cuts comms database plan
The Home Office no longer wants to store all the data in a single place.
ISP email law changes meet stiff opposition
Information retention requirements for ISPs are changing very soon.
ICO: Databases never ‘risk free’
The Information Commissioner’s Office has warned on government plans for a communications database, but welcomed public debate.
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