The information watchdog ruled that Labour's phone calls to voters breached privacy laws.

A critical safety net for babies -- that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn -- is facing an ethics attack.

The European Commission is threatening action against Facebook for recent changes to its privacy settings, which make personal information available by default, going against the EU's drive for more privacy protection on the Internet, especially for minors.

When wanted suspects are hospitalized, police are often waiting for discharge to make an arrest.

A one-day-old baby boy's heel is pricked for blood during a phenylketonuria test at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, Friday, Feb.

After being hit by a cyber attack from China late last year , Google is reportedly seeking guidance on cyber security from the preeminent electronic intelligence agency in the U.S., the National Security Agency .

Online privacy is a hot topic and the accuracy and detail with which you can be tracked as you bounce from Web site to Web site should be an issue of great concern to both consumers and corporate IT.

Facebook's solution to complaints that it violated the privacy rights of potentially millions of its users is no solution at all, Public Citizen said in opposing the settlement of a class-action lawsuit that was filed against the social networking giant.

China, like many jurisdictions, has been grappling with the issue of how to protect personal information and data at a time when information tools are becoming increasingly pervasive and sophisticated.

A man who garnered media attention after he claimed to have been in a shootout with cult members in 2006 near Tomahawk was injured Thursday morning in a fire, according to the Oneida County Sheriff's Department.

The National Security Agency and Google are reportedly teaming up in an effort to combat cyber attacks.

University student Alyssa Ravasio remains committed to Facebook, even though the social network giant irked her with changes to its privacy rules.

Christian Baudis has profiled the perfect target for Volkswagen Polo online video advertisements in Germany: a man aged 25 to 39 who watches soccer matches, checks out the Playboy site and reads Der Spiegel magazine.

The Federal Trade Commission has now held the second of its three privacy roundtable events.

Controversial full body scanners were put into use this week at Heathrow Airport.

Google is teaming up with the National Security Agency to investigate the recent hack attack against its network in a bid to prevent another assault, according to The Washington Post .

Westell Technologies , Inc. , a leading provider of broadband products, outside plant telecommunications equipment, and conferencing services, today announced that it has begun offering integrated 802.11n wireless networking in its broadband products.

Max Mosley, who was awarded a record 60,000 in damages after winning his privacy case over newspaper claims he took part in a Nazi orgy, has come to the defence of John Terry.

Facebook has come out swinging at those opposing a settlement offer it made last year in a privacy lawsuit involving the social networking company's controversial Beacon behavioral tracking service .

AuthenTec , the world's leading provider of smart fingerprint sensors and solutions, will demonstrate its newest smart sensor, to be announced prior to the show, for key cell phone OEMs and wireless carriers at GSMA Mobile World Congress from February 15-18 at Fira de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain.