Surveillance-IT

NHS Data-Sharing Programme Set For Pilot

Controversial care.data programme is to be tested in four areas to help allay confidentiality fears

10 years ago

Facebook Plots “Anonymous” Mobile App – Report

Facebook allegedly developing a way for people to anonymously use the social network

10 years ago

Oracle To Open Two German Data Centres Following Spying Scandal

The facilities, based in Frankfurt and Munich, are partly in response to questions around security, Oracle said

10 years ago

Blackphone And Silent Circle Launch Bug Bounty Programmes

Blackphone and Silent Circle are to reward hackers who report vulnerabilities

10 years ago

Apple: We Won’t Sell Your Data Or Install Government Backdoors

Apple CEO Tim Cook stresses company's commitment to privacy and security following recent events

10 years ago

Apple To Hire Local Manager In China For Data Requests

Apple looks to hire a local manager in China to handle 'data requests' from the Chinese government

10 years ago

Google: Government Data Requests Grew 150 Percent Since 2009

Amid concern over government Internet surveillance, user data requests have continued to rise

10 years ago

Tech Firms Call For Broad Government Reforms

The IT industry's trade body is urging the government to bring in sweeping measures to safeguard the country's digital economy

10 years ago

Dropbox Government Data Requests Rise Sharply

The cloud storage provider has reported a rising number of data requests from law enforcement, as its user base grows

10 years ago

ICO Says Mobile Apps Demand Too Much Information

The ICO says smartphone applications make excessive demands and don't say how personal data will be used, leaving users exposed

10 years ago

WhatsApp Purchase To Face Brief European Scrutiny

Facebook's purchase of WhatsApp will be subject to a quick review by European regulators

10 years ago

BBC: Heavy VPN And Proxy Users Are Most Likely Infringing Copyright

BBC tells Australian government that ISPs should monitor for suspicious activity

10 years ago

Google Sets Series Of ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Data Protection Meetings

Google said the meetings are intended to help it deal with 'right to be forgotten' requests, but others see a…

10 years ago

GCHQ Is Mapping Open TCP Ports Across Whole Countries

The reconnaissance operation codenamed ‘Hacienda’ supplies the agency with some of the information needed to compromise systems

10 years ago

Xiaomi Apologises For Unauthorised Personal Data Transmission

Xiaomi says the data transfer was necessary for its cloud messaging service but issues a fix that prevents it from…

10 years ago

Facebook Ordered To Provide Data On Underage Users

Belfast's High Court orders Facebook to disclose any data it might have on how many underage users it has in…

10 years ago

Microsoft Ordered To Hand Over Irish Emails

An American judge sets a legal precedent by ordering Microsoft to surrender emails stored in an Irish data centre

10 years ago

US Govt Suspected Of Five-Month Attack On Tor Network

Tor warns users they may have been unmasked by a long-running campaign

10 years ago

Russian Government Is Looking For Ways To Crack Tor

The Russian Interior Ministry offers £81,600 for a method to track users of the anonymous Tor network

10 years ago

European Central Bank Held To Ransom Over Stolen Data

Hackers steal partially encrypted records from an events website that belongs to the bank

10 years ago

Secure Linux Distribution Found To Contain A Privacy-Busting Flaw

TAILS Linux, used by Edward Snowden to communicate with journalists, is patching holes in one of its network overlays

10 years ago

Black Hat Cancels Talk About Identifying Tor Users ‘On A Budget’

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have been told to keep quiet

10 years ago

Blackphone Says BlackBerry ‘Betrayed’ Objectives Of Privacy With Government Access

Blackphone creator refutes BlackBerry's claims of "consumer-grade privacy" and says Canadian manufacturer is living on borrowed time

10 years ago

Microsoft’s Bing Offers Users A Chance To Be Forgotten

The company says it will have to balance individual and public interest when taking down personal search results

10 years ago

ICO Criticised Over Lack Of Transparency In Internal Breach

The watchdog says it can't release the details of the data breach because it is linked to " an ongoing…

10 years ago

DRIP Surveillance Bill Successfully Passes Commons Vote

As the controversial bill is fast-tracked through the parliament, privacy campaigners warn it extends UK surveillance powers worldwide

10 years ago

ICO Asks For More Powers To Protect Our Privacy

The ICO has investigated a record number of cases in 2013, but the watchdog wants more funding and independence to…

10 years ago

The Guardian And GCHQ Named Internet Heroes And Villains At 2014 ISPA Awards

Hyperoptic, Sky and Plusnet all receive gongs as the 16th annual ISPA Awards for the Internet industry

10 years ago

Silent Circle Challenges Mobile And VoIP Operators With Encrypted Landline Calls

Silent Circle 'Out-Circle Calling' claims to make it cheaper and easier to make encrypted international calls to landlines and mobiles

10 years ago

Emergency Surveillance Rules Being Rushed Into UK Law

Government wants network operators to continue storing metadata, despite EU court ruling

10 years ago