Privacy

A panel appointed by search engine Google will hold the first of a series of meetings on Tuesday to debate the balance between privacy and the free flow of information after a May court ruling reinforced Europeans' "right to be forgotten".

The problem with the social web is that it’s permanent: small mistakes can blow up into life-changing disasters. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

With cloud computing becoming commonplace, the federal government is seeking to place every byte of data on the Internet under its jurisdiction, a power-grab that should concern every American and every foreigner using an American corporation for computer services. 

Internet of Everything? Not so fast ... experts say it could be a decade until your smartphone replaces your keys and everything in your wallet. 

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban explains how he plans to take on Snapchat with Cyber Dust, an app for disappearing messages. 

By taking advantage of the oodles of information people post to the cloud, and cross-referencing that with location data, SocialRadar and wearables are hoping to provide users with relevant real-time data about the people in their vicinity -- but not in a creepy way. 

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said the company will oppose a federal judge's order to help the Justice Department unlock a phone used by a suspect in the San Bernardino, Calif., attack.

A federal magistrate judge postponed a highly anticipated Tuesday hearing over the Justice Department's request for Apple to help unlock a terrorist's iPhone, after the government said it may have found another way to view the phone's contents.

Facebook said on Monday that it had changed some of the procedures for its "Trending Topics" section after a news report alleging it suppressed conservative news prompted a U.S. Congressional demand for more transparency.

If the U.S hotel industry didn’t get a big wake-up call when a jury awarded television personality Erin Andrews $55 million in her cival case against stalker Michael David Barrett last month, there is a good chance they got one this week.

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey said on Thursday the agency paid more to get into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters than he will make in the remaining seven years and four months he has in his job.

Former NSA Director General Keith Alexander said there needs to be more transparency to prevent the next cyber attack on the U.S. Industry needs to see what government roles and responsibilities are, and for government to understand industry goals.

Microsoft Corp. on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department, challenging as unconstitutional the government's authority to bar tech companies from telling customers when their data has been examined by federal agents.

President Barack Obama is guaranting that evidence, not politics, will dictate the outcome of the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's handling of emails as secretary of state.

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Palantir Technologies, the $9 billion data startup that aids government agencies, went on an acquisition spree this week. The company purchased social analytics startup, Poptip, as well as app-making startup, Propeller.