President promises privacy legislation and says Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and AOL are committed to working with Do Not Track technology in browsers.
Larry Magid chats by phone with California Attorney General Kamala Harris shortly after she announces an agreement with major app companies to protect the privacy of consumers.
Consumer group files FTC complaint against Google
From Google's privacy policy change to Google overriding browser default settings, the FTC is getting an earful from privacy groups and lawmakers.
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Read more: Consumer group files FTC complaint against Google
Tech firms agree to privacy protections for mobile apps
Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others are asking developers to inform users about data usage policies before they download apps.
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Read more: Tech firms agree to privacy protections for mobile apps
Group claims to have found objectionable photos of children in officer's e-mails after breaking into police Web site and stealing passwords and other data.
Spam reached its lowest level in years last quarter, but malware surpassed expectations for 2011, says McAfee....
A France-based digital-rights group says Twitter removed a few Sarkozy-related accounts after the French president opened his own account last week.
The director of the National Security Agency says Anonymous is growing more powerful and could eventually attack our power grid. So, beware.
Discovery comes just days after Web giant was found to be sidestepping the user privacy preferences in Apple's Safari....