Privacy

A Facebook privacy Crystal Ball, An Incremental Interpreter for Datalog, and AutoDict are just some of the apps built by University of Toronto undergraduate students. WITH VIDEO

Hacking group loses alleged LulzSec mouthpiece, and tweeting personality 'Topiary' in police raid

SLIDE SHOW The week's news in pictures: India wants access to online information, McAfee's former CEO quits and more

After major privacy failures in its Buzz and Street View services, experts say Google has hit the right notes with its measured roll out of the Google+ social networking site. Google could suffer from showing rivals its cards too early, but avoiding a privacy blunder is worth it

Ann Cavoukian announces the release of a new white paper addressing privacy issues of geo-location services. The four principles that should be applied to geo-location data

The proposed legislation would give government new access to private data, said Leslie Harris, president and CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology. The Obama administration proposal would give private organizations immunity from lawsuits when they share information about attacks with DHS

The Ontario Privacy commissioner is calling on technology-oriented organizations to build privacy and information access capabilities into their offerings. How Hydro One Networks did exactly that with its smart grid and smart meters

Police say location information was illegally obtained from mobile app subscribers. Google has already come under fire in South Korea twice this year