A security expert has said networks leaking your phone number to sites you visit is a problem several years old. Luke Westaway is a senior editor at CNET and writer/ presenter of Adventures in Tech, a ...

Luke Westaway is a senior editor at CNET and writer/ presenter of Adventures in Tech, a thrilling gadget show produced in our London office. Luke's focus is on keeping you in the loop with a mix of ...

UK carrier O2 finds itself embroiled in data protection controversy today, with allegations that the operator is revealing mobile users cellphone number to each website they visit on their phone.

UK carrier O2 has apparently fixed the loophole that exposed subscribers' mobile numbers to websites they visited using their handset's data connection, though there's still no official explanation as ...

O2 may also be unwittingly assisting spammers, allowing them to match email addresses with phone numbers. See below for more updates. If you reside in the UK and you are one of the millions of ...

LONDON – An untold number of U.K. residents may have unwittingly broadcast their numbers to sites across the Web while browsing the Internet with their cellphones during the past two weeks. Mobile ...

The UK's privacy watchdog is putting O2 under scrutiny, after customers complained the mobile operator is revealing their phone numbers to website owners when they browse. The mobile operator's ...

UK mobile operator O2 has responded to reports this morning that it was delivering customer phone numbers to third-party websites, noting that it has fixed the issue, adding that it was caused by ...