Once considered tools for tinfoil-hat wearing conspiracy theorists and stealthy corporate executives, software that allows you to hide your tracks onl...

Your iPhone, I'm sad to say, is not like Las Vegas: What happens there often does not stay there. Much of your iPhone activity -- including your w...

By Claire Davenport BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Internet standard-setters are watering down a tool that is supposed to help Web users hide the...

The advertising industry wants to change the definition of Do Not Track into something Orwell would be proud of. One influential member of the W3C wor...

It is difficult to understand why Do Not Track is controversial. At the end of the day, privacy advocates will have to settle for something less than ideal -- and advertisers must honor their commitment to comply with users' Do Not Track instructions.

In February, the online advertising industry declared that it would agree to honor "Do Not Track" options in Web browsers by the end of the year- a re...

The Do Not Track opt-in option will be a part of the major web browsers by the end of this year; when websites will follow suit is a far different story and may take months or years to happen. But this is a burgeoning privacy issue.

The latest proposed draft of the Do Not Track specification published Wednesday requires that users must choose to turn on the anti-behavioral trackin...

This smart video jamming Google's "Chrome Coffee" commercial gives a glimpse into the mind of the Internet Goliath's online tracking program.

Twitter is the latest site to jump on the Do Not Track bandwagon. The privacy feature, which is currently in use in several major browsers including M...

By Jasmin Melvin WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Emboldened by their victory in quashing online piracy legislation, U.S. Internet companies are ...

Thursday marked a victory for Google users who want more control over their personal data online. Bloomberg reports that Google will join a host of...

(Reuters) - Two leading lawmakers on privacy -- a Republican and Democrat -- have asked the Federal Trade Commission to look into MSN.com and Hulu.c...

Last year, the Federal Trade Commission suggested that consumers needed a way to tell online advertisers to bug off and not to follow their every onli...

Representatives Ed Markey (D-MA) and Joe Barton (R-TX) took a major step to protect the privacy of kids online by introducing "Do Not Track Kids" legi...

A draft House bill with bipartisan support would prohibit companies from tracking children on the Internet without parental consent, restrict online m...

Becky Chambers Private browsing is all the rage with browsers these days. Once you go into private browsing mode, you can traverse the internet w...

The next time you spend an hour Googling that weird rash on your arm, keep in mind that hundreds of bugs are watching too -- and that you may never kn...

In their comprehensive online privacy bill, Senators Kerry and McCain have laid out a plan that could give consumers a clear way to opt out of having their information shared indiscriminately with advertisers or other businesses.

Let this be our simple demand: Taking control of our own online identities should never require more than a few mouse-clicks.

Whether or not you support Do Not Track legislation, the success of the industry self-regulation program is vital. What credibility will any industry effort in this area have if one that has received so much focus doesn't succeed?