Legal

Former Uber Head Charged With Trade Secret Theft

Anthony Levandowski, former head of Uber’s self-driving program, has been charged with theft of trade secrets

5 years ago

Dixons Carphone Hits Back At McAfee Lawsuit

McAfee is suing Dixons for £30 million, but British retailer says McAfee AV did not work with Windows 10S

5 years ago

China Demands Release Of Huawei CFO, Again

Huawei anger. Canada to blame for 'gross difficulties' between it and China, says Chinese embassy

5 years ago

ICO Investigates Kings Cross Facial Recognition Use

UK data protection watchdog to investigate why Kings Cross developer is using facial recognition

5 years ago

Facebook Lawsuit After Hack Of 29 Million Users

Lawsuit filed alleging social network failed to inform users of risks associated with its single sign-on tool

5 years ago

Capital One Suspect ‘Breached 30 Other Organisations’ – Report

Former Amazon worker turned Capital One hacker is alleged to have also stolen data from 30 other businesses

5 years ago

Facial Recognition Wrongly Identifies 26 Lawmakers As Criminals

Two dozen California lawmakers flagged as criminals by facial recognition software, ACLU says

5 years ago

Microsoft Updates Privacy Policy To Admit Listening To Voice Data

Err yes, we do sometimes listen. Microsoft admits it does collect voice data for Skype and Cortana services

5 years ago

Russia Issues Election Protest Warning To Google

As protests continue in Moscow, Russian regulator warns to Google stop 'advertising' protests on YouTube

5 years ago

Facebook Loses Facial Recognition Appeal

Federal court rejects Facebook attempt to quash class action lawsuit over storage of biometric data

5 years ago

MP Calls For Tougher Laws, Amid Alexa Privacy Concerns

Privacy concerns about Alexa spying on people prompts one MP to call for toughened new laws

5 years ago

Google To Settle ‘Wi-Spy’ Street View Data Slurping Lawsuit

Search engine giant expected to pay a mere $13m to end lawsuit over Street View data harvesting

5 years ago

MPs Call For Facial Recognition Halt

Influential group of MPs call on police to suspend the use of automatic facial recognition technologies

5 years ago

Home Secretary Backs Police Facial Recognition Trials

Sajid Javid fires back at criticism and says police have to use the latest tech tools to solve crimes

6 years ago

President Trump Orders French Digital Tax Investigation

French plan to impose 3 percent tax on French revenue of large tech firms prompts US investigation

6 years ago

Watchdog Warns Police Over Use Of Facial Recognition

Police warned about data protection implications of using of facial recognition technology

6 years ago

Marriot International Faces £99m Fine For Data Breach

GDPR consequence. British data protection watchdog plans to fine hotel chain £99 million for data breach

6 years ago

US Government Seeks Huawei Lawsuit Dismissal

Chinese firm's legal action against US blacklisting challenged, as US government seeks dismissal

6 years ago

Man Arrested For Pouring Water Over Baidu CEO

CEO attacked. Chinese police have arrested a man who poured water over the CEO of Baidu

6 years ago

Exports To Huawei Still Subject To ‘Highest Scrutiny’

Easing Huawei blacklisting? Not really, as US Commerce Dept insists it will apply highest national security scrutiny

6 years ago

Equifax Former CIO Jailed For Insider Trading

DoJ - Former CIO knew of breach and opted to excise his stock options before breach became public

6 years ago

Mike Lynch Hits Back At HP In Autonomy Court Case

Meg Whitman was ‘out of her depth’ at HP and used Mike Lynch as a scapegoat, claims former CEO

6 years ago

Huawei Loses Case Against Former Staffer’s Startup CNEX

Chinese giant loses US court case against CNEX Labs after accusing it of stealing trade secrets

6 years ago

Broadcom Faces EU Antitrust Probe

European regulators to investigate whether it operated monolopy for modem and TV chipsets

6 years ago

Porn Age Checks To Be Delayed – Again

UPDATED - Government confirms six month delay to porn age checking after it fails to inform Brussels

6 years ago

Amazon Sued For Alexa Allegedly Recording Kids

Lawsuit alleges Alexa routinely records and voiceprints children without consent

6 years ago

No Drunk Drone Driving, Warns Japan

Prison sentence on the cards for people who fly drones whilst drunk, after Japan passes new law

6 years ago

Julian Assange Extradition Order Signed By Home Secretary

Court now decides, after Sajid Javidsigned a request for Julian Assange to be extradited to the United States

6 years ago

European Union Publishes Drone Usage Laws

No more wild west? More regulations for drone operators with set of common rules for the region

6 years ago