• Google Glass panic triggers rise in facial-recognition blockers

  By Ian Paul | 20 June, 2013 01:01

  Matter has anti-matter, Superman has Green Kryptonite, and now Google Glass has anti-Glass?

• Countries question Google on Glass privacy

  By Sharon Gaudin | 19 June, 2013 19:33

  Privacy officials from six countries and the European Commission are pushing Google to answer questions about privacy issues surrounding its digital eyewear called Glass.

• NSA spying could mean U.S. tech companies lose international business

  By Taylor Armerding | 19 June, 2013 19:13 | 1 Comment

  It is not just personal information that is being swept into the National Security Agency's (NSA) massive databases. It is corporate data as well. And that could cause some serious international blowback for the U.S., both politically and economically.

• FBI director defends phone surveillance program

  By Grant Gross | 19 June, 2013 17:57

  A telephone records surveillance program run by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and National Security Agency raises serious privacy concerns and should be reined in, some U.S. senators said Wednesday.

• Google asks to make surveillance orders public, citing First Amendment

  By Grant Gross | 18 June, 2013 21:21

  Google has asked the court overseeing terrorism-related surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency to allow the company to publish information on the number of surveillance requests it receives.

• Here's how to secure your email and avoid becoming a 'Petraeus'

  By Tony Bradley | 19 November, 2012 13:43

  It was a shock when David Petraeus--a respected and highly-decorated Army general--abruptly stepped down from his post as the director of the CIA earlier this week. It was even more of a jolt to learn that his resignation was due to an extramarital affair. But, the real story might be the fact that the affair came to light more or less accidentally as a result of poor email and privacy practices.

• 5 BYOD pitfalls and how you can avoid them

  By Tom Kaneshige | 20 June, 2013 00:25

  Vague policies, rogue apps, zombie phones can doom even the best Bring Your Own Device intentions. But the good news is it's not too late to make game-changing adjustments.

• NSA whistleblower likely had easy access to classified data

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 12 June, 2013 23:20

  A defiant Edward Snowden resurfaced in Hong Kong today vowing to fight any U.S. efforts to extradite him on charges that he leaked classified documents describing two secret government data collection programs.

• Parsing PRISM denials: Could everyone be telling the truth?

  By Mark Sullivan | 08 June, 2013 10:40

  A day after The Washington Post and Guardianpublished bombshell revelations that America's biggest tech companies are allowing the U.S. government to constantly monitor highly personal data contained in their servers, the facts remain fuzzy and somewhat fluid--and the statements of the parties involved don't add up.

• State social media privacy laws a mixed bag for businesses

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 15 May, 2013 10:10

  New social media privacy laws that have been enacted in several states around the country, or are in the works, present something of a mixed bag for businesses.

• The 5 biggest online privacy threats of 2013

  By Melissa Riofrio | 08 April, 2013 13:23

  Your online life may not seem worth tracking as you browse websites, store content in the cloud, and post updates to social networking sites. But the data you generate is a rich trove of information that says more about you than you realize - and it's a tempting treasure for marketers and law enforcement officials alike.

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  2013 Global Information Security Survey: Initial findings

  The results of PwC’s annual Global Information Security Survey indicate that companies are confident in their efforts to secure systems, information, and privacy. Strategies and personnel are in place, they say, and processes and technology are humming along. The number of incidents reported seems manageable. Read more.