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A security expert is warning privacy officers to expect inevitable changes to their role during the next 18-24 months, when the federal Privacy Act reforms pass. Fourteen U.S. privacy groups have written to Eric Schmidt arguing that Google is breaking Californian law by not including a link to its privacy policy on its homepage. People just don’t think that putting family genealogy, exposes them and their families to spying by ID fraudsters and for that matter anyone else (stalkers, paedophiles, employers, parents). The Privacy Commissioner Karen Curtis has entered the privacy debate surrounding social networking sites announcing a new FAQ section on its website that helps minimise risks associated with the activity. New Symantec research finds that half of UK consumers want stronger legislation Sir Tim Berners-Lee, father of the internet, has hit out at companies that try and sell customer’s browsing data.

In an aim to increase the awareness of best privacy practices in Australian businesses, the Rudd Labor government has launched the inaugural Australian Privacy Awards and Australian Privacy Medal sponsored by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
Google has announced new measures designed to protect its users' privacy. Google has responded to advice from privacy advocates and has added a new link to its homepage.
A survey of privacy managers at an Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG) event in January revealed that more than two-thirds are seeing moderate to material increases in external scrutiny - with almost half reporting material increases. Report warns that losses could be the tip of the iceberg The introduction of mandatory data breach disclosure laws in Australia has been set in motion. Mozilla, joining Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Google's nascent Chrome, plans to add a private browsing mode when it releases Firefox 3.1. Based on two recent trademark applications, Microsoft is planning a privacy mode for the next version of Internet Explorer. Firefox 3.1 to sport traceless browsing. Employers are concerned that private browsing features in new browsers will lead to recreational browsing by employees. In a submission to court Google is arguing that in the modern world there can be no expectation of privacy. Google and LinkedIn criticised for not protecting individuals' data. Google has defended its privacy policy following the launch of a service which offers to manage users' medical information online. The public's idea of confidentiality is not compatible with the way their details are handled.