Internet Policymakers May Punt on Privacy Issue
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The nonprofit organization that manages the Internet's domain-name system is set to vote Wednesday on changes to the Web site registration process that would make it easier for people to shield their identities online and, indirectly, cut spammers off from an easy-to-mine database of legitimate e...
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc.'s privacy practices are the worst among the Internet's top destinations, according to a watchdog group seeking to intensify the recent focus on how the online search leader handles personal information about its users.
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The Internet's rapidly evolving impact on global politics, business and everyday life will be the focus of a conference in Geneva, as decision makers seek to map out future trends and address growing concerns about online security.
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New Web ads respond to your activities--and this has privacy advocates worried.
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A new online feature of Google Maps called Street View is stirring up a debate over privacy concerns on the Web.
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National regulators need to agree on a  basic set of global privacy protections for the Internet within  the next five years, a senior official with web searcher Google   said on Monday.
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At a hearing Monday, a top European regulator said that Internet Protocol addresses should be treated as personal information, something Google and other sites have resisted.
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Tips for keeping your Web activities secret, or as secret as the Internet allows.
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As Congress looks into "pretexting," CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh asks if politicos are really in favor of our privacy.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- IP addresses, strings of numbers that identify computers on the Internet, should generally be regarded as personal information, the head of the European Union's group of data privacy regulators said Monday.
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Google responds to attacks on its privacy record.
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Rethinking privacy in an immodest age.
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Google deal prompts Federal Trade Commission to recently propose a set of privacy principles for online behavioral advertising.
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The director of national intelligence wants to monitor all internet communications to guard against cyberattack. His aide says "privacy and security are a zero-sum game." Our nation's spy masters may want to check their math. Commentary by Bruce Schneier.
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With the EU crafting new laws governing how data collectors such as Google protect users' personal data, lawmakers there are clashing with US business leaders over how far that protection can and should extend.
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Technological changes and   personal privacy have been at odds ever since modern notions of   privacy emerged more than a century ago.
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Several incidents highlight the dangers life online presents to preserving your privacy.