A troubling surge in creepy "upskirt" photography has lawmakers in a twist -- and the body parts of women posted all over the Internet.
By Tracy Clark-Flory Nov 25, 2008
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Some of my best stories are true. What are the ethics?
By Cary Tennis
February 5, 2009
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Prospective White House employees must cough up an unprecedented amount of detail about their online activity. Is the new administration being smart -- or scary?
By Michael Martin
November 24, 2008
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Privacy concerns still shadow Google's all-seeing mapping tool, but soon such worries will probably seem quaint.
By Evan Ratliff
August 13, 2008
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The yellowing of America: Baseball to force off-field employees to fill jars to prove themselves innocent of drug use.
March 2, 2007
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Many look like Barbies and Kens on X, but avatars may hold the key to restoring our control over our digital identities.
By Denise Caruso
August 5, 2008
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Encryption might keep Homeland Security away from your files. Or you could just not take your data across a border in the first place.
By Denise Caruso
August 4, 2008
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But there's a silver lining to one of the most bone-headed legal decisions in recent times.
By Farhad Manjoo
July 3, 2008
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European regulators consider a privacy plan that irks Google.
By Farhad Manjoo
January 22, 2008
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You know, to protect us!
By Farhad Manjoo
January 14, 2008
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The search engine launches a useful but flawed effort to keep your search queries secret.
By Farhad Manjoo
December 11, 2007
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The social network acknowledges its mistake in its plan to send ads to its members' friends.
By Farhad Manjoo
December 6, 2007
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The social network makes some positive changes to its Beacon ad program.
By Farhad Manjoo
November 30, 2007
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The social network tells your friends what you're doing on other Web sites. How is that OK?
November 29, 2007
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Ask, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have all announced new efforts to bolster privacy on their sites. Here's a run-down of what each says it will do with your data.
By Farhad Manjoo
July 23, 2007
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New regulations limiting online anonymity may force Google to close its e-mail service for German users.
By Farhad Manjoo
June 25, 2007
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People have a reasonable expectation of privacy when they communicate over e-mail -- but how long will that last?
By Farhad Manjoo
June 20, 2007
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The search engine's new data retention policy is notable for being unique: Other companies keep your search terms forever.
By Farhad Manjoo
June 12, 2007
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There were some pretty unflattering things in there, written before we were married.
By Cary Tennis
May 3, 2007
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I know it would be convenient, and we've been together seven years, but I just don't want to.
By Cary Tennis
February 12, 2007
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I fell hard for a high-level business leader -- until she abruptly turned off the charm.
By Cary Tennis
January 8, 2007
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The Australian Medical Association brawls with the country's health ministry over antiabortion misinformation and privacy violations.
By Page Rockwell
August 3, 2006
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If the Bush administration is so concerned about Americans' privacy, why did the VA wait two weeks to report data theft?
By Tim Grieve
May 24, 2006
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A 17-year-old can sue her school district and principal, after she's outed to her mother.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
December 2, 2005
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For librarians, new identification chips in books make life easier. But civil libertarians say the smart books are a scary invasion of privacy
By Katharine Mieszkowski
July 26, 2004
Porn in a flash
Should I change the names to protect the innocent?
Barack Obama wants you (to spill your secrets)
How creepy is Google's Street View?
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Abortion troubles in Australia
It's about competence, among other things
The checkout line -- or the check-you-out line?
GigaOM Network
Glenn Greenwald