Obama threatens veto of cybersecurity bill
President Barack Obama threatened on Tuesday to veto a major cybersecurity bill unless Congress amends it to include more protections for privacy and civil liberties.
Apr 17, 2013
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Apr 17, 2013
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Google and privacy: Six EU countries take action (Update 4)
Google's new privacy policy is under legal attack from regulators in its largest European markets, who want the company to overhaul practices they say let it create a data goldmine at the expense of unwitting ...
Apr 02, 2013
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Google Reader being shuttered for privacy-compliance concerns, report says
Google said earlier this month it would close its Reader service because of low usage, but a report says the company also killed the RSS platform because it did not want to commit a full staff to it to ensure the service ...
Mar 25, 2013
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Facebook stocks lower as Instagram loses users
Facebook shares fell Friday after a report said its photo-sharing app Instagram had lost millions of users following the release of planned policy changes since dropped on an outcry from users.
Dec 28, 2012
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Review: Making Facebook a warmer, smaller space
(AP)—A woman I haven't spoken to in six years is pregnant with her second son. Another college acquaintance reads the Bible a lot. A high school classmate likes to rant about politics. A college dormmate ...
Dec 26, 2012
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User revolt causes Instagram to keep old rules
Instagram on Thursday tried to calm a user rebellion by nixing a change that would have given the Facebook-owned mobile photo sharing service unfettered rights to people's pictures.
Dec 21, 2012
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Instagram yields to user outrage over policy change (Update 2)
Instagram backed down Tuesday from a planned policy change that appeared to clear the way for the mobile photo sharing service to sell pictures without compensation, after users cried foul.
Dec 18, 2012
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Instagram to share data with Facebook
Smartphone photo sharing service Instagram on Monday refined its privacy policy to clear the way for sharing data with Facebook, which bought the company earlier this year.
Dec 17, 2012
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Facebook nixes rumors on copyright shift
Facebook is telling its users to ignore rumors spreading on the social network that they need to post a statement to protect their copyrights of their comments and other materials.
Nov 27, 2012
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Facebook proposes to end voting on privacy issues (Update)
Facebook is proposing to end its practice of letting users vote on changes to its privacy policies, though it will continue to let users comment on proposed updates.
Nov 21, 2012
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EU data bodies tell Google to fix privacy rules or face fine (Update)
European data protection agencies on Tuesday said Google's new privacy policy does not comply with EU laws and told the US Internet giant to fix it within months or face legal action.
Oct 16, 2012
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Group says kept in the dark about Facebook case
An Austrian group fighting for clearer privacy policies on Facebook complained Monday that the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) was keeping it in the dark about proceedings.
Jul 30, 2012
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Facebook pays $10 million to settle ad suit
Facebook will pay $10 million to settle a lawsuit from users who claimed their names, images and other information were improperly used in advertising described as "sponsored stories," court documents showed.
Jun 18, 2012
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Facebook settles US suit on 'sponsored stories'
Facebook has settled a lawsuit alleging the social network improperly used members for advertising purposes without their consent in so-called "sponsored stories," court documents showed Tuesday.
May 22, 2012
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New lawsuit takes aim at Facebook privacy
A new lawsuit consolidating several complaints about Facebook's privacy policies was filed Friday in California, seeking damages for US users of the social network for improper tracking.
May 19, 2012
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