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No body scan opt-out at UK airports

Posted November 22, 2011 - 08:23 by Emma Woollacott

Passengers traveling through British airports will not be allowed to opt out of full body scans, the transport secretary has said.

Google says users can opt out of location mapping

Posted September 14, 2011 - 05:03 by Emma Woollacott

With European regulators still grumbling over Google's privacy practices, the company is now to allow owners of residential Wifi routers to opt out of its controversial location-mapping system.

Facebook rolls out facial recognition for all

Posted June 8, 2011 - 09:47 by Lydia Leavitt

There are billions of photographs floating around Facebook that could potentially be tagged with your name.

Three percent of Germans opt out of Street View

Posted October 21, 2010 - 05:53 by Emma Woollacott

Google's admitted that nearly three percent of German households have opted to have their houses blurred on Street View in the run-up to the German launch.