Google faces record fine over data snooping
Google has agreed to pay £14.4 million ($22.5 million) to the US Federal Trade Commission after monitoring web surfers using Apple’s Safari browser who had…
Google lied to UK Data watchdog over personal data agreement
Google has admitted that it had not deleted users’ personal data gathered during surveys for its Street View service.The data should have been wiped almost…
Google reports sales and profits increases
Google Inc has reported an increase in sales and profits for the three months to the end of June in its first results statement since…
Google hired former ICO data official
It has emerged that Google UK’s privacy policy manager held a senior role at the UK’s data privacy watchdog during the time of its original…
Google faces new data privacy investigation
Google is to be reinvestigated over new claims that it deliberately collected personal data, including emails and passwords, while it was capturing images for its…
How to delete cookies files
Following my blog post yesterday- New cookies data law kicks in I was asked how to delete cookies from other browsers- as I had only…
Google staff caught widespread data snooping
When one claims in one’s credo to “do good”, it’s a wise idea not to be caught doing bad.So the news that US Federal Communications…
Dangers of the Internet- quarter of women buy wrong medicines online
One in four women buy wrong medication after misdiagnosing themselves on the internet according to online research. Women with embarrassing medical problems are misdiagnosing themselves…
World Wide Web inventor warns against websites controlling your data
Further to our last post about Sir Tim Berners-Lee speaking to the Guardian examining how companies and technological developments are challenging the principles of openness…
Oracle and Google’s legal copyright trial begins over Java
Oracle claims that Google has violated several of its Java patents and copyrights- with the copyright trial in San Francisco starting today.It is one of…