EU privacy watchdogs are gearing up to police digital assistants after revelations that Amazon workers listened in on people’s conversations with their Alexa digital assistants.

So where once we as parents helped with everything I now need to let some of that go.

Never before has contemporary data, personal, corporate or state, been so easily accessed.

A number of other letters and files were also found in separate incidents over a number of weeks.

The assertion yesterday by Charlie Flanagan, the minister for justice and equality, that he would be “favourable to the idea that it could be made illegal to photograph a garda on duty” is so wrong on so many levels that he must clarify the statement.

The privacy of some two billion users of Google Android software and hundreds of millions of iPhone users has been questioned after it emerged Google records people’s movements even when explicitly told not to.

I'm living in an abusive relationship, where I’m treated badly and it’s difficult to leave. It’s not a personal

There are times when exasperation isn’t enough. Times when it’s almost necessary, for the sake of mental health, to curse and swear aloud. 

An audit of Facebook's privacy practices for the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found no problems, even though the company knew at the time that a data-mining firm improperly obtained private data from millions of users.

THAT the internet age has disrupted, to put it politely, traditional economic activities such as retail, clerical work, and publishing is well known, as are the adverse consequences for employment and prosperity.

Google's voice-activated digital assistant is branching out to the Nest deluxe security camera in an expansion which could amplify privacy concerns surrounding internet-connected microphones.

TDs and Senators will today hear warnings about potential risks involved in the rollout of the Public Services Card.

Startups have been warned they must familiarise themselves with the incoming law designed to shore up data protection in the EU before it comes into effect in May, writes Pádraig Hoare.

Next year’s new pan-European data laws could be exploited to rewrite and eradicate history. Allan Prosser argues that we are sleepwalking into an era where digital records will be rewritten, disguised, and removed to protect reputation and vested interests and that, in the post-newspaper world, no one may notice the difference.

It is entirely unclear whether Gsoc is legally entitled to access any communication, writes Michael Clifford.

US president Donald Trump has signed a bill into law that could eventually allow internet providers to sell information about customers' browsing habits.

Once we go online our privacy is a thing of the past, but there are a number of steps you can take to maximise your own level of protection, writes Tom O’Mara