The power of privacy
Exploring privacy in the networked world
Love in the age of the internet
Our relationships are mediated by technology, surveilled by governments, with no guarantee our intimate words of digital love are private
Shops could soon be targeting ads according to your feet
As many as 30% of retailers are reportedly using facial recognition to track shoppers, but some are exploring less invasive tech – including shoe profiling
Master of the house: why we should fight for truly private spaces
New technology connects us, but in a world where you’re only ever a swipe away from other people’s thoughts, where do you keep your own?
Guardian readers on privacy: 'we trust government over corporations'
Government can’t be trusted to store data safely, our readers say, but the public’s sense of what is private is shifting
How we talk about the cloud shapes the way we perceive internet privacy
The semantics of the internet encourage us not to worry about who or what actually has control of our data
Where did the principle of secrecy in correspondence go?
In the age of surveillance, it is easy to forget that governments weathered robust privacy protections for centuries. But secrecy is central to the vitality of democracy
What does the panopticon mean in the age of digital surveillance?
The parallel between Jeremy Bentham’s panopticon and CCTV may be clear, but what happens when you step into the world of data capture?
The world's first hack: the telegraph and the invention of privacy
Concern over personal data interception did not start with GCHQ and the NSA – hacking can be traced all the way back to the 19th century
