Data collection arms race feeds privacy fears

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - This week's revelations that Google Inc, Twitter and other popular Internet companies have been taking liberties with customer data have prompted criticism from privacy advocates and lawmakers, along with apologies from the companies. They are the latest in a long line of missteps by large Internet companies that have faced little punishment for pushing privacy ...

Disruptions: And the Privacy Gaps Just Keep On Coming

SAN FRANCISCO — Another week. Another privacy debacle. This time, Apple is to blame.

Google tricks Internet Explorer, foils privacy settings, Microsoft says

Google has secretly been bypassing privacy settings in Internet Explorer, Microsoft claimed Monday -- mere days after a Wall Street Journal investigation revealed that the advertising giant was bypassing the privacy settings of people using the Safari browser on iPhones and computers.

More Sneaky Business From Google: It Bypasses Internet Explorer Privacy Settings, Too

Microsoft points out more trickery from its rival.

Privacy brouhaha reveals Google's split personality

Latest Google Internet controversy highlights conflict between privacy protection and advertising demands. [Read more]

Google Sued by Apple Safari-User Over Web-Browser Privacy

Google Inc. officials were sued for violating users’ privacy rights on Apple Inc.’s Safari Web browser by bypassing computer settings designed to block monitoring of consumers’ online activity.

Privacy bouhaha reveals Google's split personality

Latest Google Internet controversy highlights conflict between privacy protection and advertising demands. [Read more]

How Target-ed advertising strips away our privacy

Your privacy is gone. It's not coming back. A report that Target accidentally disclosed a teen's pregnancy to her father shows the logical extreme to which retailers can take the search for customer information.

Privacy bouhaha reveals split within the Googleplex

Latest Google Internet controversy highlights conflict between privacy protection and advertising demands. [Read more]

Microsoft: Google bypassed IE privacy settings too

Discovery comes just days after Web giant was found to be sidestepping the user privacy preferences in Apple's Safari. Originally posted at News - Security

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