privacy advocates

Belgian music rights group SABAM and Internet service provider Scarlet have been engaged in legal battle since 2004, with the former demanding that the latter install monitoring devices on its network and block subscriber communications if they involve copyright infringement.

The technology that lets you instantly download new books to your Kindle, iPad and other e-reader devices can also tell manufacturers whether you stopped reading on Page 45.

"Ultimately, this sort of thing scares the hell out of me," author Stephen King says. Privacy advocates are also worried.

What retailers see as sophisticated marketing, privacy advocates see as intrusive. Shopkick knows where you are, what you buy, your spending habits, passions, excesses.

The Norwegian movie Max Manus, based on the real-life events of World War II resistance fighter, has been causing quite a stir for both movie fans and privacy advocates.

The most expensive and successful Norwegian movie to date, it inevitably leaked out onto the Internet and the hunt for those claimed to be responsible has been going on ever since.

InternetNews: "Another, potentially disturbing element for privacy advocates, of the smart TV was it knew, thanks to a mobile Internet device (MID) Rattner had been carrying, that he recently visited a musical instrument store."

Facebook launched its ad platform “Beacon” in November 2007, hoping to revolutionize advertising by posting updates to you