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News (17)

• Google anonymises IP data

  Google this week said it would anonymise user data received through search requests entered in its search engine and Chrome browser.

• Google balks at revealing YouTube viewing habits

  Viacom wants to know which videos YouTube employees have watched and uploaded to the site, and Google is refusing to provide that information.

• Europeans warn search engines: Delete user data sooner

  A European Commission advisory body has suggested that search companies delete data collected about their users after six months a far cry from what most companies currently do.

• Microsoft and Yahoo to go public on privacy policies?

  Microsoft and Yahoo are set go public on their privacy policies after the controversy surrounding search giant Google's data-retention strategy.

• EU needs more than cookie control from Google

  Google's move to cut the lifespan of its cookie's to a rolling two years may not be enough to appease a European Union privacy group whose major concern is server log data use.

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  Are privacy laws killing Australians?

  Are Australia's privacy laws slowly killing Australians by preventing medical professionals gaining access to patient information?

Features and Case Studies (3)

• Search engines reveal privacy policies

  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.

• Skype's VoIP ambitions

  Q&A Niklas Zennstrom may be Sweden's most famous serial entrepreneur.

• UNIX tools track down hackers

  Catching malicious hackers isn't impossible. With the right tools, you can gather important information to help stop hack attacks. How can you use common UNIX tools to hunt down network attackers?

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