Consumers repeatedly say in surveys that they want more personalization — but also more privacy. This is an apparent contradiction. But...

The overwhelming majority of Americans want to be able to control their information online and who gets access to it. However, in a...

As discussed in my companion article, it has been a year since the “right to be forgotten” (RTBF) was established in Europe by the EU...

Many non-lawyers are unaware that it’s legally possible for consumers to waive their free speech rights to negatively review or otherwise...

The Virginia Supreme Court has issued a ruling that Yelp is not compelled to reveal the identities of seven anonymous online reviewers....

Another front on Facebook’s battle with privacy watchdogs opened today, as a court in Vienna, Austria, started proceedings on a class...

Microsoft announced Friday that it is changing the default setting for Do Not Track in future versions the company’s browsers. Do Not...

European privacy regulators have again criticized Facebook’s privacy policy and reiterated that it violates EU law. That’s according to...

An appellate court in the UK ruled earlier today that British iPhone users could pursue their privacy suit against Google arising out of...

The White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection kicked off this past February with a research symposium hosted by...

Under fire from European regulators since it consolidated its privacy policies into one in 2012, Google has maintained its privacy policy...

The fear that our cell phones can be used to continuously follow us for persistent, permanent ad targeting purposes is proving to be a...

EU digital czar Günther Oettinger is signaling that he wants to make a series of moves to level the digital playing field for European...

Device fingerprinting is the latest target in the EU’s effort to protect user privacy online. The pan-European Article 29 Working Group...

A few years ago Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg argued that privacy standards in the US were relaxing. It’s perhaps more accurate to say...

Despite the growing interest in online privacy and the “Do Not Track” movement, one web security CEO says online tracking won’t go away —...

There’s a lot that the media get wrong when covering location and privacy. A recent example of that is BuzzFeed’s inflammatory story...

In another blow to Google’s privacy policy in Europe, the German data-protection regulator Johannes Caspar is ordering the company to...

According to Reuters, Google was given formal privacy recommendations this week in response to its consolidated privacy policy, which...

Companies that purport to offer support for Gmail, Hotmail and other online services are a dime-a-dozen. Still, even I was shocked at how...