Two of the principal tools championed by industry "self-regulators" to preserve online consumer privacy rights, disclosure and anonymity are fast looking like a smoke screen to justify some extraordinary corporate intrusions.
Viacom wants to know which videos YouTube employees have watched and uploaded to the site, and Google is refusing to provide that information.
A European Commission advisory group has raised concerns about how Google uses and manages users' search data.
Microsoft has updated its privacy policy promising to remove the Internet Protocol (IP) address and other identifying data associated with Web searches after 18 months.
File swappers hoping to share music and other works online without exposing their identity to the prying eyes of copyright enforcers face a tough choice.
Discovering how your favourite search engine protects your privacy is not an easy task, despite recent moves from the major players to make policies more transparent.
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