Privacy
GDPR: New UK Data Protection Bill exempts journalists and researchers handling personal data without consent
Data Protection Bill intended to transpose GDPR into UK law, post-Brexit
EU plans for 'upload filters' to tackle online piracy attacked as Chinese-style internet surveillance
EU-wide introduction of 'ancillary copyright' also proposed
Man jailed in China for selling VPN software
Arrest is part of a crackdown on internet freedom ahead of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China
Most local authorities - including all in London - can't meet GDPR 'right to be forgotten' rules
Seventy per cent of local authorities flunk key GDPR requirement
Microsoft's Coco will lower blockchain complexity
The framework can work with any ledger or operating system
India blocks The Internet Archive - but doesn't say why
Someone high up in Indian politics with something to hide?
Borsa and IBM building a business blockchain
SMBs will find it easier to obtain funding by sharing financial data in a secure environment
Miami court sentences man to six months for not unlocking his iPhone
Says, under oath, that he gave correct PIN
UK CMOs claim to be ready for the GDPR - but...
...Only four per cent believe that they have any responsibility for it
ICO to formally investigate use of data analytics for political purposes
After considering evidence, ICO makes investigation a 'high priority'
NHS patient data handed to Google by Royal Free Hospital on an 'inappropriate basis'
1.6 million NHS patient records shouldn't have been given to Google, according to data protection expert's leaked letter
Company that made 100 million nuisance calls fined £400,000
Keurboom director Gregory Rudd said he disliked nuisance calls, but claimed 'it doesn't make them illegal'
Leaked UK government plans to extend web surveillance would mandate encryption back doors
Government using last year's Investigatory Powers Act to extend web surveillance and undermine encryption
Microsoft receives double the amount of US government data requests
Intelligence services can't get enough private data held in the cloud, suggest Microsoft figures
IAAF cracked by Russia-linked APT28 'Fancy Bear' hackers
More dirt dug by 'Fancy Bear' hacking outfit on athletes' drug applications
Privacy activist starts GoFundMe campaign to purchase web-browsing histories of US politicians
Politicians who voted to allow ISPs to sell subscribers' internet histories targeted by privacy campaigners
More than 16,000 staff in the public sector empowered to examine your web browsing
Almost 3,000 staff at HMRC and more than 10,000 in the police empowered to peruse your web browsing habits
Flybe and Honda fined a total of £80,000 for sending unsolicited marketing e-mails to customers
ICO fines Flybe £70,000 and Honda £13,000 to send out pre-GDPR warning to UK firms
NHS patient records at one-in-three GP surgeries at risk of compromise due to 'enhanced data sharing'
Data sharing feature makes patient records accessible across the NHS
GCHQ says claims it wiretapped Trump are 'utterly ridiculous'
British spy agency says that the allegations are nonsense and should be ignored
DeepMind and Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust deal attacked for being 'secretive, specious'
Royal Free NHS and DeepMind relationship 'does not carry a positive message' claims academic study
ICO calls for extra resources to deal with GDPR
GDPR 'brings significant additional responsibilities', warns ICO
Smartphone voice and AI tech will outsmart many humans within 10 years
As literacy rates stall, robots keep on learning
GDPR: ICO chief says new law should change culture around data protection within business
Elizabeth Denham says firms should act to become better businesses, not just out of fear of fines
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