Earlier ID stories
EU can't discriminate between public and private personal data
Organisations can lawfully process personal data without consent
29 Nov 08:01
Malls suspend plan to track shoppers' cellphones
Privacy concerns rain on retailer's snoop fest
29 Nov 01:07
Punters go postal with erratic Royal Mail site
Update 'How very sorry we all are', say posties
24 Nov 12:21
Google machine-guns unpopular social products
Sad, lonely web efforts not 'beautiful' enough to live
23 Nov 16:31
Stripper name game exposes sensitive privates on Tumblr
Bragging about Smartie Longbone is no laughing matter
23 Nov 13:27
Councils 'fessed up to just 55 of 1,035 data loss shockers
Watchdog kept in the dark by town halls, wants new powers
23 Nov 12:12
Council not fined after 7,200 sensitive files dumped in skip
SHOCK! Unencrypted records left on PC
22 Nov 15:14
Ofcom denies privacy to drunk-dial-and-drive trucker
Complaint backfires on thirsty pantechniconist
22 Nov 08:31
Hire-car data scraper becomes Catcher in the Rye
Big Blue 'ware used to spot kids headed for trouble
21 Nov 09:14
Data Protection Directive revamp: UK looking sidelined?
Opinion Economic protectionism could mean more than privacy
16 Nov 13:49
'Do Not Track' standard edges towards daylight
First draft of spybuster deal released by W3C
15 Nov 19:27
Salman Rushdie hissy-fit forces Facebook name U-turn
Site run by 'morons', huffs Satanic Verses writer
15 Nov 11:12
'Right to be forgotten' may not be enforceable - Vaizey
We don't yet have a Men in Black flashy thing
15 Nov 09:16
Don't get privates trapped in Facebook's silos, warn experts
'Social media' is so 2010, now it's 'life logging'
14 Nov 09:41
Valve admits forum hack exposed gamers' privates
Punters steamed about sensitive data leak
11 Nov 12:24
Hamburg loses rag with Facebook, threatens to sue
CURRENT Euro data protection law unlikely to agree
11 Nov 11:23
Facebook offers 20-year privacy settlement to FTC
Another thing to get sorted out before the IPO
11 Nov 01:53
Pay-by-wave: At least it's better than being mugged
Analysis Takes 400ms to nick £15, but you'll get it back quick
9 Nov 10:22
US Supremes liken GPS tracking to 1984's Big Brother
24/7 surveillance, no warrant needed (maybe)
8 Nov 22:01
Advertiser settles charges for use of Adobe Flash cookies
Makes it easier to stop online tracking
8 Nov 20:18
Anonymous runs amock in Israel, Finland, Portugal
Spook sites downed, citizens' data revealed
7 Nov 14:43
Kaspersky defends 'unworkable' web passports
Internet driving licence stuck in first gear
7 Nov 10:21
Open 'Facebook killer' survives on cash donations
Rather than by selling its users to all and sundry
5 Nov 10:30
UK.gov digital boss defends ID assurance scheme
'Days of different logins for every site are numbered'
4 Nov 14:45
Has your account been pwned? New website will tell you
If you trust it with your email address
3 Nov 15:47
Want to avoid all private-data breaches, ever? Here's how
Interview Wilderness guru speaks, world listens
3 Nov 13:13
Facebook denies silent stalking of punters (again)
Hamburg watchdog pokes 'suspicious' cookies
3 Nov 10:53
Army of 'socialbots' steal gigabytes of Facebook user data
Updated Social networks prone to large-scale infiltration
1 Nov 23:32
Miley Cyrus hacker let off with probation
TrainReq spared after ratting out former hacking cohorts
1 Nov 16:03
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