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Australian and United States spy agencies could theoretically spy on their own citizens — but they promise they won’t.

Individuals’ privacy is under historic assault from both government and corporations, and there’s little enthusiasm for trying to save it.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found Channel Nine Adelaide guilty of breaching privacy provisions for airing unauthorised footage of a family involved in a home birth. This is the first time a TV station has been slapped for breaching new privacy guidelines introduced by ACMA last December. The February news story, about a […]

Despite what Victorian politicians claim, The Age was right to expose what information political parties hold on us without our permission.

The controversial issue of human rights for corporations took an unexpected turn this week in Britain.

There’s a growing campaign against online anonymity from governments, corporations and even the media. It’s dangerous.

Opposition to the Malaysian Solution has spiked, and Labor’s carbon pricing campaign isn’t working.

Apparently your privacy is safe in the hands of Australia’s mainstream media. It’s not, of course. Ask Pauline Hanson, John Della Bosca, Troy Buswell, David Campbell and innumerable celebrities.

“A statutory right to privacy is one very small shield against a vast effort to find out everything about you.”

Belatedly, the government is acting on a longstanding recommendation about a right to privacy. But it’s a little hypocritical.

Mobile phone security expert David Rogers explains how phone hacking is done, and how you can better protect your mobile phone’s voicemail.

The phone-hacking scandal may have been hidden by Rupert Murdoch’s power, but its origins lay in the lack of a right to privacy.

The Obama Administration’s Cyberspace strategy places heavy emphasis on freedom, but in practice it’s only as much freedom as the copyright industry wants

Facebook recently hired a PR agent who has been quietly encouraging journos and bloggers to write anti-Google stories questioning whether Google’s new social media strategy violates people’s privacy.

Twitter has been used again to breach several superinjunctions protecting British celebrities.

The federal government is threatening to impose tighter laws on corporations over privacy breaches. But it’s not in a position of moral authority …

Facebook regularly gets accused of breaching privacy. As payback, Gawker gave Facebook founder Mark Zuckberg the full Hollywood treatment, with a weekend of paparazzi snapping his every move.

The Channel Seven newsroom has split this morning over the ethics of state political reporter Adam Walters’ icky scoop exposing transport minister David Campbell’s “double life” as a bisexual man.