Google has asked international governments to be more open with how they use legal means to get access to users' information. The call comes as Google releases its latest Transparency Report, which shows a steady increase in governments' requests for users' data.
Google has warned that "Government surveillance is on the rise" in its latest Transparency Report which shows a dramatic increase in governments' request for access and removal of users' data.
This weekend Mozilla patched a security hole which exposed users' browsing history. It urges users to upgrade their version of the browser from Firefox 16
We all think that we're good with our own data security, but here are some of the small things we do with smartphones & social networks that threaten our own privacy
Reports that Facebook is posting users' private messages on their timelines are not true, but they do highlight how the site has changes over the years
Google has, for the first time, revealed how the type and number of file sharing websites companies such as Microsoft and NBC Universal ask to be removed
When Xobni launched for Outlook in 2008 the social email filtering application was quite rightly hailed with glowing reviews from the tech press and quickly developed an avid fanbase, not least within NASA and The U.S Army who are some of its most prominent users.
You might not know it but Google has been building a personal index of your social networking connections that is so detailed it even knows who your friends are friends with.