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Developers of new applications have to walk a tightrope when it comes to user privacy. There is an inevitable trade-off between utility versus a user's rights. How do we achieve the right balance? iTnews investigates.

U.S. tweaks Internet privacy guidelines

U.S. tweaks Internet privacy guidelines

U.S. regulators have tweaked recommendations for how websites should collect, save and share information about users, extending them to Internet service providers and mobile users.
Staff Writers Feb 13 2009 10:07AM Security
Google trial in Italy postponed

Google trial in Italy postponed

The trial of four Google executives accused of defamation and failure to exercise control over personal data has been postponed until 18 February.
Rosalie Marshall Feb 5 2009 1:29PM Security
Google executives go on trial in Italy

Google executives go on trial in Italy

Google executives are in court today facing charges of defamation and failure to exercise control over personal data, in a case that could have broad implications for privacy standards on the internet.
Rosalie Marshall Feb 4 2009 10:21AM Security
Facebook plays down privacy concerns

Facebook plays down privacy concerns

Social networking giant Facebook has denied reports in the press that it is selling details of its 150 million users to multinational companies for market research purposes.
Rosalie Marshall Feb 3 2009 10:49AM Security
Search engine promises completely private surfing

Search engine promises completely private surfing

Dutch search firm Ixquick has announced that it has stopped recording IP addresses in a bid to boost user privacy.
Ian Williams Jan 30 2009 10:29AM Security
Search engine promises completely private surfing

Search engine promises completely private surfing

Dutch search firm Ixquick has announced that it has stopped recording IP addresses in a bid to boost user privacy.
Ian Williams Jan 30 2009 6:27AM Software
Microsoft pledges to purge search info

Microsoft pledges to purge search info

Microsoft is pledging to become the first company to meet European Commission guidelines on search anonymisation.
Shaun Nichols Dec 10 2008 3:11PM Security
Mozilla releases latest beta of Firefox 3.1

Mozilla releases latest beta of Firefox 3.1

Mozilla has released the latest Firefox beta, which includes increased language support and new privacy settings.
David Neal Dec 10 2008 6:59AM Software
Privacy breaches causing business instability

Privacy breaches causing business instability

Report warns that losses could be the tip of the iceberg
Nick Farrell Nov 18 2008 9:38AM Security
Privacy officers to feel the brunt of privacy law changes

Privacy officers to feel the brunt of privacy law changes

A security expert is warning privacy officers to expect inevitable changes to their role during the next 18-24 months, when the federal Privacy Act reforms pass.
Negar Salek Oct 3 2008 1:03PM Security
Privacy officers to feel the brunt of privacy law changes

Privacy officers to feel the brunt of privacy law changes

A security expert is warning privacy officers to expect inevitable changes to their role during the next 18-24 months, when the federal Privacy Act reforms pass.
Negar Salek Oct 3 2008 7:52AM Security
Firefox adds privacy mode

Firefox adds privacy mode

Mozilla, joining Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Google's nascent Chrome, plans to add a private browsing mode when it releases Firefox 3.1.
Sue Sep 15 2008 11:52AM Security
Opinion: Google's privacy reform is a hoax

Opinion: Google's privacy reform is a hoax

After Google announced Monday that it would begin removing Internet addresses from web search records after only nine months instead of its former 18 month retention period, it drew praise for that reform from European Commission privacy regulators and the press.
Egan Orion Sep 15 2008 6:30AM Telco/ISP
Mozilla jumps on privacy bandwagon

Mozilla jumps on privacy bandwagon

Firefox 3.1 to sport traceless browsing.
Shaun Nichols Sep 13 2008 12:07PM Software
Google caves on privacy

Google caves on privacy

Google said yesterday it would cut its data anonymisaton deadline in half, from 18 to nine months, but said that, by doing so, it will be leaving people at greater risk from fraud.
Sylvie Barak Sep 10 2008 1:52PM Software
Google updates data privacy policies

Google updates data privacy policies

Google has announced new measures designed to protect its users' privacy.
Rosalie Marshall Sep 10 2008 8:15AM Security
Privacy settings bring concerns for employers

Privacy settings bring concerns for employers

Employers are concerned that private browsing features in new browsers will lead to recreational browsing by employees.
Dan Raywood Sep 9 2008 9:56AM Security
Researchers warn of Orwellian technology

Researchers warn of Orwellian technology

The combination of ICT and pervasive computing could enable individual activity to be monitored even more closely than George Orwell imagined in his novel 1984, social scientists warn.
Liz Tay Sep 5 2008 2:01PM Security
More growing pains for Google Chrome

More growing pains for Google Chrome

A fresh round of problems has descended on Google and its new Chrome web browser.
Shaun Nichols Sep 5 2008 12:27PM Security
Bank of New York loses 12.5 million customer details

Bank of New York loses 12.5 million customer details

The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) has admitted that the number of its customers hit by a data breach was much larger than previously stated.
Iain Thomson Sep 1 2008 10:05AM Security

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