Google Italian Conviction Sets Dangerous Precedent

Google is adopting a new policy that allows home users with wireless network connectivity to opt-out from the company’s Wi Fi tracking technology.The Mountain View-based search behemoth announced this move on Tuesday....

According to new reports, social media juggernaut Facebook has admitted of having hired a PR Firm in order to malign Google by spreading negative publicity about its privacy features.The matter came into the public domain after...

Search engine giant Google has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit initiated by users furious about the way social networking feature Buzz was thrusted upon them. The service, which has been launched back...

A leaked Google "vision statement" has revealed the search giant's agonising over just how far to go in profiting from the vast array of data is holds on the world's Internet users. The seven-page document seen by the Wall...

Google's fleet of Street View cars are back on UK roads - only this time they don't have the equipment to 'accidentally' collect personal data from unprotected Wi-Fi networks.Writing in the Google Privacy Europe blog, the company...

The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has declared that the Wi-Fi data mistakenly collected by Google's Street View service contains no meaningful personal data.The privacy watchdog said that it had visited Google...

Google UK organised an "open house" get-together yesterday which was entitled "The Science of Search : Thoughts on the Perfect Search Engine"; it turned out to be an informal presentation by Amit Singhal who joined Google back in...

The Guardian is reporting that UK's privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office, has reprimanded search engine giant Google for not adhering to the privacy norms and has asked to improve the privacy...

After the user backlash suffered by Google after the launch of its new social networking tool Buzz over suspected privacy flaws, the software giant appears to be in serious trouble. The Electronic Privacy Information Center has...

Google has made major changes to the way its new social networking service works after being at the centre of a storm of criticism claiming that the service had violated users' privacy. Google Buzz is the search giant's attempt...

Early preview releases of Google's Open source browser, Chrome, have been issued for the Linux and Mac OS X platform and, although incomplete, show the incredible potential of the application for other platforms. The post by Mike...

Greek authorities have barred Google from taking photographs of its streets over fears about the privacy implications of the search giant's Street View service. The Greek Data Protection Authority (DPA) has requested more...

The decision by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to let Google free to operate its controversial Street View online service is one more nail in the coffin of the concept of individual privacy. More than a decade ago,...

Street View, Google's equivalent to an open circuit television system, does not constitute a threat to personal privacy according to the Information Commissioner's Office. According to the Guardian, the ICO, which is UK's...

Google will use a web user's location in its calculation of the best search results to publish, the company said. It will use a computer's internet protocol (IP) address to whittle down results.Privacy campaigners have been...