A German artist has created a pixellated balaclava, perfect for confusing street cameras in a nation where mistrust of public surveillance is widespread, even if the appetite for Facebook is unabated. <b>Martin Backes</b> spoke to The Local.
Germanyās biggest credit bureau Schufa has been planning to poke around in your Facebook profile to find out if you're creditworthy. Is this just part of its job, or an intolerable violation? <b>Have your say!</b>
Microsoft has said it will put Google Street View rival Bing Streetside back online in Germany as soon as possible, just days after the panorama-view map service was deactivated due to data protection concerns.
Google has admitted that it deliberately took people's internet surfing information with cars it sent round Germany taking pictures for its Street-View service.
Germany's armed forces and police currently operate 331 high-tech drones inside and outside the country, and the government intends to swell the fleet, according to a media report that has alarmed civil rights advocates.
A judge in the southern town of Reutlingen is set to make legal history by becoming the first German judge to confiscate a Facebook account as evidence.
A German company which studies drug prescription habits for the pharma industry is accused of selling raw data to drug companies, in what magazine <i>Der Spiegel</i> said on Monday could be a huge data protection scandal.
German media outlets did not infringe on celebrities' privacy rights when they printed sensitive photographs or stories, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday.
Germanyās Federal Administrative Court ruled Wednesday that police can film on Hamburgās Reeperbahn red light district for crime prevention purposes, ending a legal dispute closely watched by privacy advocates.
The German government is riven over whether telecom companies should be allowed to keep customers' data indefinitely. Critics say easier police access to data could have helped solve recently-revealed Neo-nazi murders.
Data protection officials in Hamburg are accusing Facebook of a new breach of German privacy laws by using so-called "cookies" to track users even after theyāve cancelled their accounts.
Facebook has offered a special exemption from its data handling practices to Schleswig-Holstein after the northern German state's data protection commissioner complained about the online social network's popular "like" button.
Germanyās highest civil court has set out a process by which web hosts can avoid liability for libellous blog posts, in a decision which Google described as striking a blow for freedom of expression and information in the internet.
Microsoftās Streetside service, which allows users to see virtual views of streets and houses, in a similar way to Googleās Street View is only generating a fraction of the opposition.
Germany's consumer protection minister has warned her fellow cabinet members against using Facebook to promote their work citing data security concerns.
Facebook said Thursday it would sign up to a voluntary code of conduct in Germany to protect user data, the first time the site has agreed to such measures in a nation known for vehemently protecting the privacy of its citizens.
Facebookās ubiquitous ālikeā button found on countless websites in Germany was declared in violation of the countryās strict privacy laws by a state data protection official on Friday.
Berlin police must now wear personal identification on their uniforms, but many German officers say the requirement puts their lives at risk. Moises Mendoza reports.
German data protection authorities say Facebookās new facial recognition feature is illegal and have demanded the social networking site end its use and delete all related information.
The German authorities will be able to more easily obtain information on bank account transfers and airline passengers, but will have other powers curtailed under an overhaul of anti-terrorism laws announced on Wednesday.
US tech giant Microsoft has decided to offer Germans the ability to opt out of its online map service āStreetsideā after pressure from privacy advocates.
US software giant Microsoft began photographing more than 50 German cities for its online map service āStreetsideā on Monday, setting up a potential confrontation with privacy groups across the country.
Forms masquerading as Germany's 2011 census but instead asking questions about drug consumption and penis size have been arriving in post boxes around the country.
The media have the right to publish the estimated fortunes of the super-rich, a Munich court ruled this week in a landmark decision pitting privacy against the publicās right to know.
