privacy

Is Google in more hot water over privacy?

January 30, 2012

Google is updating their privacy policy to share data across products. What do you think about it?

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More Google StreetView shenanigans

November 25, 2010
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The Google StreetView drama just gets stranger and stranger, from deleting illegally obtained WiFi data, to pro-Google vandalism.

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Google in “significant breach” of Data Protection Laws

November 4, 2010
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The UK Information Commissioner’s Office deems that Google has committed a significant breach of data protection laws.

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Google accidentally collecting WiFi data

May 17, 2010
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Google StreetView, that oft-mistrusted feature of Google Maps has come under fire for accidentally collecting data from unsecured WiFi networks.

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Viacom “Backs Off” on YouTube Data

July 15, 2008

Viacom “backs off” on its request for YouTube user data.

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ISP and data snooping

June 10, 2008

Our lives are becoming increasingly monitored we are constantly under surveillance, our movements, purchasing habits and more can be tracked and analysed by not just the government but corporations. Now the same level of surveillance may well becoming the norm from our ISPs (Internet Service Provider) as we surf what is meant to be one [...]

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