The leakage puts social network users at risk of having their identity linked with their browsing behavior; the study is the first to describe a mechanism that tracking sites could use to directly link browsing habits to specific individuals

Thefts of personally identifiable information (PII), such as social security and credit card account numbers, are increasing dramatically.

With public concern over online fraud, new research, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, has revealed that internet users will reveal more personal information online if they believe they can trust the organisation that requests the information.

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling announced to a shocked House of Commons today that two password-protected computer disks containing the entire Child Benefit database have been lost in transit between the offices of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in Washington, Tyne & Wear and the National Audit Office (NAO) in London, in what has been described as "one of the world’s biggest ID protection failures".

Today at the Zend/PHP Conference and Expo (ZendCon), Microsoft Corp. announced a strategic collaboration with Zend Technologies Inc. that will ultimately provide people with better control over their personal information on the Web and greatly improve the trustworthiness of Web-based interactions.