Category Archives: google

Google Glass: just because you can…

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

As a bit of a geek, and a some-time game player, it’s hard not to like the look of Google Glass. Sure, it makes you look a little dorky in its current incarnation (even if you’re Sergey Brin, as in … Continue reading →

Posted in google, Privacy | 11 Comments

Google, privacy and a new kind of lawsuit

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

Today is Data Privacy Day – and new lawsuit has been launched against Google in the UK – one which highlights a number of key issues. It could be very important – a ‘landmark case’ according to a report on … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, data protection, google, Privacy, Privacy International, Search Engines | 5 Comments

They’re taking over the internet!

Posted on December 6, 2012 by

There’s a big story going around at the moment: the UN’s trying to take over the internet, or some variant of that. It’s all based on the current ITU proposals at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) currently taking place … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Freedom of expression, google, government, Internet, Piracy, Privacy, Snoopers charter | 10 Comments

Truth and lies, policy and practice…

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Last week it struck me that we were entering a new phase in the way that privacy is dealt with on the net. Two of the biggest players, Google and Facebook, have made significant shifts in their ‘privacy policy’ – … Continue reading →

Posted in data protection, Facebook, google, Privacy | 4 Comments

Infamy, Infamy, they’ve all got it in for me!

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

“Beware the Ides of March!” These are strange times for a company who does no evil. The top people at Google must feel at times as though everyone’s got it in for them. Google already faces 20 years of privacy … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe, google, Internet, Privacy | 5 Comments

Ready to Rumble?

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

This morning I attended a lecture given by European Commissioner Viviane Reding – and I have to say I was impressed. The lecture was at my old Alma Mater, the LSE, with the estimable Professor Andrew Murray in the chair, … Continue reading →

Posted in data protection, Europe, google, Privacy | 3 Comments

Facebook, Photos and the Right to be Forgotten

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

Another day, another story about the right to be forgotten. This time it’s another revelation about how hard it is to delete stuff from Facebook. In this case it’s photos – with Ars Technica giving an update on their original … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, google, Privacy, Right to be forgotten | 1 Comment

Goo goo google’s tiny steps towards privacy…

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

Things seem to be hotting up in the battle for privacy on the internet. Over the last few days, Google have made three separate moves which look, on the surface at least, as though they’re heading, finally, in the right … Continue reading →

Posted in google, Identity, Nymwars, Privacy | 1 Comment

The privacy race to the bottom

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

I tend to be a ‘glass-half’ sort of person, seeing the positive side of any problem. In terms of privacy, however, this has been very hard over the last few weeks. For some reason, most of the ‘big guns’ of … Continue reading →

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Dogs will be dogs…

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

The growing furore over the gathering and retention of location data by smartphones reminds me very strongly of a joke that I heard first in the school playground many years ago. ‘Why does a dog lick his balls? Because he … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, google, Microsoft, Mobile, Privacy | 2 Comments