Data Privacy
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Businesses 'will have to abide by EU laws following Brexit'
News "Yes" vote in EU referendum won't remove UK from data protection regulations, warns lawyer
By Jane McCallion Published
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Developer tracks locations of Facebook Messenger users
News Harvard student labels app ‘Marauders Map’ as it tracks movements of social network users
By Joe Curtis Published
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Yahoo accused of spying on users’ emails
News Tech giant faces class action lawsuit representing one million users
By Joe Curtis Published
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Snooper's Charter returns as the Investigatory Powers Bill
News The bill gets a facelift in the Queen's Speech, but proposes new powers over communications data
By Nicole Kobie Published
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Google patents interactive smart teddy bears
News Search giant sparks privacy fears over 'smart' toys
By Caroline Preece Published
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Legal scholars plead with MPs over Snooper’s Charter
News Academics sign open letter to stem government-sanctioned data collection
By Alan Lu Published
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Court summons Skype after refusal to share customer data
News The VoIP company decided not to aid a criminal investigation with message and call information
By Joe Curtis Published
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Tech giants beg Obama to keep encryption strong
News Apple, Microsoft, Google among 140 tech firms and experts to argue against security back doors
By Nicole Kobie Published
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Facebook’s Internet.org ‘builds ghetto for poor people’
News Digital rights groups accuse Mark Zuckerberg of abusing net neutrality and risking user privacy
By Joe Curtis Published
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Google ‘must open up over right to be forgotten'
News Academics’ open letter calls on the search giant to be more transparent about how it handles such requests
By Joe Curtis Published
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US House votes to stop NSA’s mass surveillance
News USA Freedom Act passed by House of Representatives with overwhelming support
By Adam Shepherd Published
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Google refuses to touch 59% of "right to be forgotten" links
News Google's link removal rate drops from 50% to 41% one year since legislation introduced
By Nicole Kobie Published
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