Privacy and Data Protection

The United States and Europe are struggling to bridge a divide in the way their citizens are shielded against the use of their personal data.

Newspaper reports say Google bypassed privacy protections on the Safari web browser.

Organisations must do more to ensure data secure on employee-owned devices

Biometric data-gathering — from palm scans to facial-recognition software — is all the rage. But consumer advocates worry that the public may be losing privacy.

Company strikes deal in US over Street View practices

Unencrypted media containing sensitive data has never been recovered