Legal

Qualcomm Facing Up To $1 Billion Chinese Antitrust Fine

Settlement would end a long-running investigation against the chipmaker

10 years ago

Secretive UK Court Declares GCHQ Mass Surveillance Program Unlawful

GCHQ was operating illegally for at least seven years between 2007 and 2014

10 years ago

Anthem Admits Data Breach After ‘Sophisticated’ Attack

US healthcare insurer admits 80 million customer and staff records compromised in a damaging cyber attack

10 years ago

Net Neutrality: Internet Providers Could Be Forced To Release The Chokehold On All Ya’ll

America's Federal Communications Commission gives net neutrality the thumbs up with latest proposals

10 years ago

Creator Of Online Black Market Silk Road Faces Life Behind Bars After Guilty Verdict

Ross Ulbricht AKA Dread Pirate Roberts was found guilty of seven federal charges, including drug trafficking and money laundering

10 years ago

NSA Reform Proposals Slammed As ‘Pitiful’

New proposals governing NSA data collection don't go far enough, campaigners complain

10 years ago

Prison Sentence Looms For Revenge Porn Owner

The owner of a 'revenge porn' website has been convicted of numerous charges in the United States

10 years ago

Pirate Bay Website Reemerges After Shutdown

The Swedish Pirate Bay website returns after it was taken offline during a police raid

10 years ago

Google To Change Privacy Policy, ICO Confirms

Google agrees to alter its UK privacy policy after escaping a fine by Information Commissioner

10 years ago

HP Autonomy Investigation Closed By Serious Fraud Office

SFO ends case saying there is "Insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction", but other investigations are ongoing

10 years ago

Google And Max Mosley Square Off Over Sex Party Images

Spank you very much, as Max Mosley slaps Google with a lawsuit over sex party images

10 years ago

Apple And Google Agree ‘No-Poaching’ Staff Deal – Report

Tech workers win settlement from Apple, Google and others over an alleged 'no-poaching' of staff pact

10 years ago

Government Wants To Be Able To ‘Crack’ Encrypted Messages

Prime Minister David Cameron calls for powers to allow spies to access the content of encrypted communications in fight against…

10 years ago

Can You Fly Drones In London?

Blog: TechWeekEurope looks at the city's no fly zones and the rules about flying drones in the UK

10 years ago

Sony Pictures Threatens To Sue Twitter Over Hack Leaks

As the Internet connection in North Korea recovers from a mysterious outage, Sony warns Twitter of a possible lawsuit

10 years ago

Microsoft Gains Allies In Overseas Data Legal Tussle

Microsoft's legal battle against attempts to access customer data held overseas gains influential backers

10 years ago

Sony Film Première Pulled As Hack Fallout Continues

Fallout from devastating hack at Sony Pictures continues as it cancels film première of The Interview

10 years ago

EU Wants ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ To Apply To Non-European Searches

EU say links removed from European search engines should also not be listed on international versions.

10 years ago

MIT Lands Major Cyber-Security Funding Injection

American academic centres land the largest ever private funding deal for cyber-security research

10 years ago

European IT Teams Are Woefully Unprepared for General Data Protection Regulation

New study reveals a worrying lack of awareness of the European Commission’s draft bill that unifies and simplifies data protection…

10 years ago

UK ISPs Told To Start Blocking Counterfeit Goods Sites

Landmark decision follows complaint by Cartier and Montblanc owner Richemont

10 years ago

BBC To Publish List Of ‘Forgotten’ Links

Stories were removed by Google under the EU's controversial 'Right to be Forgotten' law

10 years ago

Police Using Loopholes To Spy On Texts, Voicemail And Emails – Report

UK police forces are accessing people's stored communications without their knowledge, according to an investigation

10 years ago

Google Asks US Supreme Court To Rule On Oracle Android Java Dispute

Google says if Oracle is able to assert java API copyright over Android, then innovation will be stifled

10 years ago

FCC Fines Marriott $600K for Jamming Wi-Fi to Bolster Profits

The FCC slapped Marriott International with a fine after it illegally deactivated or blocked WiFi signals from private equipment at…

10 years ago

Lenovo Compensates Customers As Part Of A $70m IdeaPad Settlement

Lenovo is to compensate users who bought its U-Series ultrabooks in a California class-action settlement

10 years ago

Julian Assange Is Planning To Leave The Embassy Of Ecuador

Assange says he's ready to get out of the embassy... but he's not handing himself in and the UK is…

10 years ago

Premier League Working On Tech To Detect Copyright-Infringing Video Clips On Twitter

Ahead of the new football season, Premier League warns fans sharing goals on Twitter and Vine are breaking the law

10 years ago

US Judge Rejects Settlement From Adobe, Apple, Google And Intel To End ‘No-Poaching’ Lawsuit

US judge says settlement from Adobe, Apple, Google and Intel over an alleged pact not to hire each others' employees…

10 years ago