Facebook acts after hack attack
Facebook is tightening up security on its site by offering users an encryption service following a number of high-profile hacks,…
Google pre-empts behavioural laws
Google is pre-empting a clampdown on behavioural advertising by launching a browser extension for Google Chrome that enables users to…
iPhone app winner feared ‘prank’
The Apple customer who downloaded the 10 billionth iPhone app – and in the process scooped a $10,000 gift card…
EC probes Google unpaid search
Brussels mandarins have launched a major probe into Google over claims it has abused its dominant market position by penalising…
YouPorn site is ‘history sniffing’
The YouTube of smut – YouPorn.com – stands accused of secretly spying on users’ browser activity, known as “history sniffing”,…
MPs blamed for Street View let-off
The data regulator has hit back at Parliamentary claims that it was ‘lilly-livered’ in its handling of the Google Street…