privacy

77% of 13-16 year olds and 38% of 9-12 year olds in the EU have a profile on a social networking site, according to a pan-European survey carried out for the European …

The Skype application for Android contains a flaw that allows a rogue app to access and harvest users’ personal information and things like chat logs from the device …

Safari is the latest of the top four most popular browsers to receive a do-not-track privacy tool. So far, the feature is still being tested by developers, but if everything …

An ongoing grand-jury investigation has revealed that many mobile applications could be sending various user information to advertising networks without the users’ …

Many users feel more secure using smartphones to surf the Internet than PCs, and a majority consider the risk of losing personal data higher on computers than on smartphones, …

A bogus application harvesting Facebook users’ login credentials has recently appeared on the social network, according to Symantec researchers. Luring in users with …

WhisperCore is a secure Android platform dedicated to providing the security and management features necessary for transforming a consumer phone into an enterprise-class …

What can healthcare organizations learn from the multi- million dollar penalties recently issued by the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) …

SecureMac released MacScan 2.8, the latest version of its anti-spyware, privacy and security software for Mac OS X. Detect, isolate, and remove spyware as well as clean up …

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has notified the Attorney General of New Hampshire, the FBI and 828 of its members that a file containing the …

While consumers take steps to protect themselves against identity theft and remain concerned about the possibility of a data breach when sharing their personal information, …

The investigation Comodo has mounted following the recent compromise of one of its Registration Authorities and the issuing of rogue certificates for popular sites has …