PRIVACY

When Web sites require people to agree to their terms of service agreements, it is often to prevent children from accessing the site's content.

The Supreme Court for the first time will hear arguments on Tuesday on whether police need a warrant to track a suspect's vehicle with a GPS device, another clash between new surveillance technology and basic privacy rights.

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Swiss bank Credit Suisse will announce the loss of another 1,000 jobs when it presents third-quarter results on Tuesday, a Swiss newspaper reported without revealing its sources.

'Nextdoor,' a new social network launched today, is less about old friends from high school and more about new friends in the neighborhood.

Tampa-based startup Unthink launched Tuesday in a flurry of green trim and black-and-white revolution-themed photography. The newest social network claims $2.5 million in funding from DouglasBay Capital and has its sights set on taking down Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and other social networks it says are exploiting their users by selling their information to advertisers.

Unthink, which launched a beta version of its web site yesterday, bills itself as everything Facebook is not: it won't make deals with ad companies, it won't invade your privacy, and it will let you dictate terms of use. The site is swamped with users responding to Unthink's message of social media revolution, but will it garner enough followers to really challenge Facebook?

The House Judiciary Committee unveiled new legislation Wednesday designed to crack down on online piracy.

Swiss banks will likely settle an extensive U.S. probe of offshore tax evasion by paying billions of dollars and handing over names of thousands of Americans who have secret accounts, according to people familiar with the situation.

The Facebook privacy war has escalated to a whole new level. An international regulator is now charging that the social-networking site is building shadow profiles of nonusers. That's right, there is no running from Facebook.

Facebook Ireland Limited will be audited by the Irish DPC for possible breaches in data protection law. The company could face a fine of $138,000.

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Switzerland should not agree to tax deals with countries beyond the European Union so as to ease economic integration with the bloc and avoid even bigger costs for Swiss banks, the deputy head of the Geneva Financial Center said on Wednesday.

Take This Lollipop is a new site that allows user to live out their worst nightmares by providing information via Facebook.

Facebook's practice of tracking users has landed the company in hot water. A woman from Mississippi has just filed a lawsuit against the social media network for privacy violations.

Christopher Chaney, the man suspected of leaking Scarlett Johansson's nude photos, has not only been spying on Johansson since earlier than 2011, but he also said he is addicted to seeing [the] behind-the-scenes of what was happening in celebrities' lives.

Facebook is completely redesigning its layout, but online consternation grows due to privacy issues.

Google+ is the new, slightly mysterious cool kid in the social-media world. But to be successful over the long haul, it must avoid the privacy backlash Facebook has endured.

A proposed update of the U.S. online privacy rule for children sparked debate at a congressional hearing on Wednesday over whether such protections should extend to teenagers.

Wikipedia has disabled its Italian website in protest against a privacy law drafted by Silvio Berlusconi's government which would impose new restrictions on newspapers and Internet pages and curb police wiretaps.

According to his Timeline, Mark Zuckerberg uploaded a Cover Photo in June. Cover photos are an exclusive part of Facebook's Timeline profiles, which were only announced in September.