Google has made a minor change to its homepage, adding a link that leads to the company's Privacy Center Web page.
Dismissing privacy concerns, a US judge overseeing a US$1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the online video sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.
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 are set go public on their privacy policies after the controversy surrounding search giant Google's data-retention strategy.
Gathered at the Legal Futures Conference at California's Stanford University over the weekend, online legal experts have again raised their concerns that the rise and rise of Web 2.0 has come at the expense of individual privacy.
Google denies the information it collects from users of its Google Election platform causes any tension between its commercial interests and its promise to protect users' privacy.
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.
A tie-up with Saleforce.com sees Google pushing even further into Microsoft's businesss applications territory
In moving beyond Web search to the desktop, the company faces a slew of challenges: controversy over privacy, technical hurdles and the rivalry of Microsoft among them.
As the company reaches beyond its Internet search roots, critics ask whether success may breed an identity crisis.
Personalisation has become an accepted part of technological interaction, but what does the future hold?
Web surfers battling "spyware" face a new problem: So-called spyware-killing programs that install the same kind of unwanted advertising software they promise to erase.
Pop-up advertisements have thrived for years despite numerous efforts to eradicate them, but now online marketers are seriously wondering whether the Web's most detested ad format is about to meet its match: Microsoft.
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