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Top five worst online privacy breaches

Posted on July 18, 2012

If there’s one thing the world wide web has taught us it’s to expect a degree of incompetence when it comes to companies protecting your online privacy. Over the last decade or so there’s been numerous serious online data breaches from major corporations - whether it’s companies such as AOL displaying a bewildering lack of regard for their customers private search data, or Google outright spying on people within their own homes.

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ACTA and SOPA: Back from the dead

Posted on July 12, 2012

Last week we revisited our round-up of threats to online privacy and scoured the internet for updates on their current status. Well, we probably should have waited for this week to undertake such an endeavour, because two of the internet’s biggest bogeymen (or is it bogeybills?

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Status Update: Current Threats To Online Privacy

Posted on July 2, 2012

Back in April we rounded up six major pieces of legislation that posed a threat to online privacy and online freedoms in the western world. In the last few months since that post there have been a few developments, with some bills winding their way further through state legal systems, and others wilting in the face of popular protest.

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Governments and online privacy: Who are the worst offenders?

Posted on June 27, 2012

In this article we take a quick look at the track records of western democratic governments when it comes to online privacy and data retention, rounding up the three best cases and the three worst cases.

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The UK's political parties don't care about online privacy

Posted on June 19, 2012

The propaganda machine around the UK coalition government’s new online surveillance bill, designed to help law enforcement agencies spy on UK citizens without judicial oversight, is in full flow. The last two weeks have seen advocates from the Conservative party take to the airwaves, putting their views across TV and radio shows in attempt to convince the British public that the bill will help keep children safe from peadophiles and the general public safe from terrorists.

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When law enforcement knocks on a VPN's door, what happens?

Posted on June 8, 2012

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are fast becoming one of the last refuges for internet users who want to ensure their web browsing is kept private. This year barely a week has gone by without unpopular, anti-online privacy, legislation, pushed by powerful entertainment industry lobbies, making headlines.

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Nations or corporations – Who poses the biggest threat to online privacy?

Posted on May 26, 2012

This week has reminded us of the twin threats online privacy currently faces from both the public and private arenas, with news of a new FBI surveillance unit designed to crack emerging technologies, and the revelation that Apple may be storing every word you say to the iPhone 4S voice assistant Siri.

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When it comes to online privacy, the UK is already screwed

Posted on May 16, 2012

Last week’s formal announcement of the UK government’s CCDP surveillance plans, may be the last nail in the coffin when comes to the online privacy of UK citizens, but it certainly isn’t the first. The UK has for some time led the way in Europe when it comes to a complete disregard for the privacy of internet users across the country.