Consumers at the world's largest mobile phone market have shown indifference after Apple acknowledged that personal data can be extracted from iPhones through previously unpublicized techniques.
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has said that he has low expectations for a possible no-spy agreement between Germany and the United States during a planned U.S. visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in early May.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday unveiled his proposal to change the National Security Agency's controversial surveillance program that has collected Americans' phone metadata in bulk, offering support to let telephone companies hold the data.
A very special picture hangs on the wall of Xiaofei's new home in Shenzhen, southeast China's Guangdong Province. The newly-married engineer has framed a screenshot of the dialog he had with Aibi - now his wife - in a browser game five years ago.
U.S. and British spy agencies are tapping popular smartphone apps such as Angry Birds and Google Maps to collect users' personal information including location, age, sex and even sexual orientation, the New York Times reported Monday.
One plus one equals two. But it's not always the case, especially when you are talking about the calculating of local and national gross domestic product (GDP) data in China.
South Korea's financial regulator said Wednesday that it will slap punitive penalties to financial companies for future client data leakage after the incident that personal information of almost all adults in the country was stolen from three credit card issuers.
China's third national economic census entered its registration phase on New Year's Day after months of preparation, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
A coalition of Dutch citizens and organizations initiated legal proceedings against the Dutch State, represented by Minister of Interior Affairs Ronald Plasterk on Wednesday, demanding Dutch intelligent services to stop using NSA data.
The U.S. National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links connecting Yahoo and Google data centers around the world, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.
More than just a media buzzword, "big data" means big business for Wang Chuanjiu, founder of a Beijing-based IT company.
After 27 years of fast economic growth and changing lifestyles, has the average Chinese man's waistline got bigger? A national survey is about to find the answer.
China's National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday announced it had uncovered a serious case involving the faking of economic data by a county government in southwest China's Yunnan Province.
The European Union (EU)'s privacy watchdogs are demanding an independent investigation on the extent of U.S. surveillance efforts in the wake of U.S. leaker Edward Snowden's revelations about the PRISM spying program.
Wherever you are, whatever you do.... could all be traced by strangers through smartphone applications!
After releasing the "Guidance on Preparing Personal Information Collection Statement and Policy Statement" on July 29, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) on Tuesday issued the "Guidance on the Use of Personal Data Obtained from the Public Domain".
The Office of Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD)convenes a press conference on August 13, pointing out that a smartphone application known as "Do No Evil" had invaded privacy by providing users with access to personal data on public platforms.
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