Let's suppose someone posts a picture of you with a nasty comment in an effort to ridicule, correct, or embarrass you... would you call that public shaming or cyberbullying?

If privacy protection is taken as the shared responsibility of both the participant and the database host, the risks don't disappear, but they shrink down to a size that makes it possible to balance them with the upside potentials.

The truth is that we are hypocritical about privacy. We sign up for sites where we can share too much publically, and then balk because someone might have seen it.

Google Glass promises a brazen and routine simultaneity of experience, an ability to interact seamlessly with the here and now without losing rich Web-enabled connectivity -- just as having the radio on never meant you couldn't talk with a friend. That's the good news. Now the rest.

Snapchat is purportedly a proud and cool part of the privacy revolution. If only life were so simple. Uh oh. A little forensic digging and a few hundred dollars is all it takes to rediscover the images you thought were forever gone.

SAN FRANCISCO — Google must comply with the FBI's demand for data on certain customers as part of a national security investigation, according t...

While the EU's "Right to Be Forgotten" proposal is intended to give Internet users more control over their data, critics have charged that the new right would pose significant unintended risks for free expression online.

There are many reasons people use Snapchat and that, despite worries about sexting, most kids are using the app in ways that parents would probably approve of. But, it's also important for kids and adults to realize that there's no such thing content that absolutely disappears forever.

Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen as smart and plugged-in as it gets. And they have the resources and connections necessary to break new ground. The result is a book full of fresh thinking, tightly researched examples and creative twists that are bound to get the digerati buzzing.

Concerns regarding real-time government surveillance are deep-seated and expansive. And yet, there is another side to this story

By Claire Davenport BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google will do battle with Spain's data protection authority in Europe's highest court on Tues...

When we're online, there are things we can control and things we can't. For example, we can control the passwords we use and what we say in social media. But sometimes we're victims of other people's carelessness or malice.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google will lobby Washington in 2013 to make it harder for law enforcement authorities to gain access to emails and other digit...

One part of data privacy that doesn't get as much attention as it deserves are the issues surrounding government surveillance.