Internet privacy has become a hot issue as technology to track user movements online has become more widespread. Much of the debate centers on “behavioral advertising,” through which businesses target ...

The leading "Do Not Track" proposal from the Internet industry - prepared by representatives from Google, Yahoo! and consultants — would bar companies from using consumers' personal information to ...

A Federal Trade Commission official on Thursday issued a warning of sorts to Internet companies: stop collecting information about your users by default, and give them shorter, more conspicuous ...

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Microsoft is introducing a feature to Internet Explorer 9 that gives users control over how sites can and cannot track their activity. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before ...

Maybe you’ve heard of Netvibes. Fact is, the company has been around for a few years, with some pretty major structural changes through that time. At first, it was a start page (think iGoogle), then ...

The internet as you know it today is changing significantly behind the scenes. As a result, you may be subject to less hidden monitoring of your activities from unseen companies you have never heard ...