May 17, 2012
- Twitter said it would allow users to opt out of cookies that collect personal information used for advertising.
May 14, 2012
- As the company goes public, it has to figure out how to use its vault of information to enrich its shareholders.
May 8, 2012
- The company said it would put procedures in place after the Federal Trade Commission said the site had shared users’ personal information with advertising companies.
May 2, 2012
- It’s probably impossible to cloak your online activities fully, but there are steps you can take to make them harder to follow.
- Revelations in the U.S. that a Google employee had informed colleagues that his program would collect personal data has cast doubt on the company’s excuses.
April 30, 2012
- A new survey by law professors at the University of California at Berkeley suggests that most Americans are uneasy with the idea that their phones could divulge behavioral and personal information to merchants.
April 28, 2012
- There’s no easy way for American consumers to track the data dealers that share and sell their information. But a reporter tried her own experiment.
April 27, 2012
- The vote defies a promised presidential veto on a bill that encourages intelligence agencies and businesses to share information on cyberthreats.
April 24, 2012
- Ariane Friedrich, an Olympic high-jump hopeful, published the personal details of a fan who sent her a sexually explicit message, prompting a stir in a country where the right to privacy is sacrosanct.
April 21, 2012
- Recent privacy controversies for Google and other Internet companies show the pains of an industry intent on changing the world.