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  • European officials question Google's privacy policy

    A European Commission advisory group has raised concerns about how Google uses and manages users' search data.

  • EU needs more than cookie control from Google

    Google's move to cut the lifespan of its cookie's to a rolling two years may not be enough to appease a European Union privacy group whose major concern is server log data use.

  • Google considers privacy dashboard

    Google is considering introducing a "privacy dashboard" after the storm of controversy that has greeted its data-retention policies.

  • Biometrics unreliable, says EU privacy head

    European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx criticised governments' fondness for biometrics to identify citizens and warned that greater interoperability of databases may have serious implications for people.

  • Freeware: There's no such thing as a free lunch

    At first, the signs are subtle: Your computer is slower than usual, something is different about your browser, occasionally you're redirected to an unfamiliar Web site for no apparent reason.

  • Privacy groups: throw the book at Amazon

    Privacy groups have written to the US Federal Trade Commission complaining that Amazon's privacy policy deceives consumers and violates laws against unfair business practices.

  • Privacy lessons from Europe

    Pushed by supporters as a model for the US, Europe's tough Internet privacy regulations have come under fire--from surprising sources.

  • Microsoft puts privacy policy on display

    The latest beta version of the software maker's Windows Media Player 9 Series isn't shy about letting consumers control the amount of information they choose to share.

  • The privacy debate: The darker side of customer intimacy

    You may be spending generously to get closer to your customers, but can you guarantee their privacy? To a legal certainty? If these questions make you nervous, join the stampede: December 21, the date new national privacy laws kick into effect, is a whole lot closer than you think.

  • E-signatures pave the way across Europe

    Next month all EU countries will be legally obliged to recognise digital signatures as binding, as has been the case in the UK since last July. The EU move is designed to encourage the growth of global e-commerce and the use of e-security technologies

  • Customs shops for ID management

    The Australian Customs Service (ACS) is moving to boost its identity management systems, saying its current capabilities "pose challenges" to security, privacy and efficiency within the agency.

  • Privacy in the Digital Age

    At no time in history have people been so closely monitored. And we're all cooperating, whether we know it or not.

  • Tech firms fight data protection law proposal

    Companies such as IBM, Oracle and VeriSign are asking for EU laws on data protection laws to be relaxed, to aid global business.

  • Facing up to global CRM

    Multinational companies that want to expand CRM to their offices worldwide face daunting challenges. Experts advise focused efforts for big pay offs.

  • Gates wants to let you in your co-workers' heads

    Microsoft is hoping that social networking techniques will help win a few friends for its enterprise search technology.

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