SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A privacy debate surrounding fledgling social network Path went viral this week, triggering discussions on blogs and on Twitter about how far social networks can go in using members' private data. Path was sharply criticized in blogs and social media forums this week after an independent software developer revealed that Path's Apple iPhone application uploaded users ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A privacy watchdog has filed a federal lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission in a bid to stop Google Inc. from rolling out its new privacy policy.

SAN FRANCISCO — A privacy watchdog has filed a federal lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission in a bid to stop Google from setting a new privacy policy.

A privacy debate raged across the web after a software developer revealed social network Path uploaded users' iPhone contacts to its servers.

BOSTON, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Abine, the leading provider of online privacy solutions for consumers looking to regain control over their personal information, announced today the official release ...

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Federal Trade Commission over Google's upcoming privacy policy changes, according to a posting on the EPIC site. EPIC says that the new privacy policy is in clear violation of a consent order the company signed with the FTC in March 2011 that was created in reaction to the Google Buzz privacy fiasco. Google's ...

Google is rebutting charges that its new privacy policy violates a settlement it struck with federal regulators last year.

Google has been facing increased scrutiny from Internet users around the world after it changed its privacy policies for its different services to a single unified privacy policy, which allows it to access user information across its services and it to personalize its services for them. This criticism follows complaints surrounding Google?s Search Plus Your World update, which personalized ...

The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a lawsuit in Federal court against the FTC yesterday, hoping to compel the government to enforce a privacy agreement it reached last year with Google. EPIC alleges that Google’s brand new privacy policy, which will allow the search giant to share user data across all of its services, including YouTube, Picasa, Gmail, and even Search, violates its ...

Privacy advocates on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit aimed at forcing government officials to punish Google over alleged privacy violations. In the complaint, the Electronic Privacy and Information Center said Google’s plans to tie together data of users across services beginning March 1 violates a settlement agreement the company struck with the Federal Trade Commission last summer over a ...