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A Quick Guide To Current Online Privacy Threats

Posted on April 24, 2012

It may only be April, but 2012 has already seen a worrying number of legislative acts hit the headlines that threaten online privacy. From the entertainment industry-backed SOPA in the USA, to the UK’s surveillance state-issued CCDP, 2012 has seen governments and industries across the western world try to put the brakes on the vibrant, free-thinking, online ecology that has grown over the last decade.

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CISPA: More of a threat to online privacy than SOPA?

Posted on April 14, 2012

Another day, another new piece of legislation that threatens the online privacy of web citizens around the world. Last week it was the draconian new spying powers of the UK’s CCDP act, this week it’s the turn of the US congress’ to stir-up online protest with a piece of legislation that once again threatens to give government agencies new powers to spy on users.

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UK online spying law – How to resist

Posted on April 6, 2012

The UK’s coalition government is planning to give law enforcement agencies unprecedented powers to monitor and spy on the web-browsing of British citizens. In this post we’ll be explaining what this proposed new law means, and what you can do to fight it.

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Can DuckDuckGo kill Google?

Posted on April 2, 2012

Could the growing furor over online privacy spell the end of Google’s dominance over search? Granted, it’s an almost unthinkable proposition today, but with the rapid rise of privacy-conscious alternative DuckGoGo, Google may have a real fight on its hands over the next few years.

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Top five ways to protect your online privacy

Posted on March 26, 2012

The issue of online privacy has never been more urgent. Over the last year we’ve seen a combination of governments, advertisers, and the entertainment industry, all trying to increase their power to monitor what you do in cyberspace.

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Internet privacy concerns rise, as debate rages over ad-tracking regulation

Posted on March 15, 2012

Two surveys released this week have revealed that internet users are becoming more and more concerned about their online privacy, as debate rages between regulators and activists over how much control we should have over advertisers seeking to collect our personal data.

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UK ISPs forced to spy on customers

Posted on March 9, 2012

UK internet users may soon face an unprecedented attack on their online privacy, after two of the country’s biggest ISP’s lost their latest court appeal against a government law that forces them to spy on customers on behalf of copyright holders.

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Ireland passes "SOPA" law

Posted on March 3, 2012

The entertainment industry may have suffered a defeat in the USA with SOPA, and a potential defeat in the wider EU with ACTA, but in Ireland it’s finally finding some success, after the Irish government passed a SOPA-esque bill into law on Friday.