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A majority of the top 100 financial institutions in the U.S. failed online security testing and privacy analysis audits conducted by the Online Trust Alliance.

AT&T is considering bringing back its plan to charge subscribers an additional fee to ensure their privacy is protected.

Bill C-16 adds gender identity and expression as prohibited grounds of discrimination under Canadian law.

If passed, the bill would reverse existing policies at some schools which give transgender students the right to use the bathroom of their choice.

Twitter's privacy policy automatically will change June 18, and by being a user, you automatically agree to it.

Human rights activist Muhammad Rabbani has been charged under a terrorism law in the United Kingdom for refusing to surrender passwords to his phone and laptop to law enforcement.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report on the internet of things, highlighting the security risks of web-connected devices.

During a two-day human rights event organized by the Carter Center, the former president revealed he supported Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries.

A number of new tools help users hide their browser activity from ISPs by using digital noise.

A Republican congressman told his constituents “nobody’s got to use the internet” in defense of his decision to vote to roll back broadband privacy rules. Meanwhile, the Republican-led FCC is preparing to loosen requirements that help guarantee access to broadband for businesses.

The latest chemical attack in Syria came Tuesday, despite Syria's claim it had removed its stockpile of chemical weapons.

The North Korean leader reportedly took young teenage girls from their homes in order to entertain him.

A number of Senate Democrats have signed on to a letter sent to internet service providers asking for information about company privacy policies and details about user data usage.

In March, the U.S. senate voted to allow internet service providers to collect and sell user data.

A new poll finds most adults in the United Kingdom are willing to sacrifice personal privacy in exchange for security, but the trade-off isn't that clear.

New York-based Human Rights Watch said Israel was blocking the collection of crucial information on potentially serious crimes committed during the 2014 Gaza war.

Privacy advocate Electronic Frontier Foundation calls the application 'spyware'.

Following a vote by the U.S. Congress to strip broadband privacy rules that prevented internet service providers from collecting user data and browsing history without permission, Minnestoa passed its own version of the protections.

Virtual Private Networks (VPN) are a privacy tool that are growing in popularity. Here's what they are and how to use them.

The Senate voted on a Congressional Budget Act to kill privacy rules that would have prevented internet service providers from collecting sensitive customer information without permission.

The U.S. Senate may use the Congressional Review Act to eliminate Broadband Consumer Privacy Rules, which requires internet service providers ask premission before collecting sensitive data, using the Congressional Review Act as soon as next week.