The regulator fined a sexual health clinic £180,000 after it exposed the naes and email addresses of HIV patients
California court rules that social media giant should not have access to personal details garnered from photographs
Anonymous Internet search engine DuckDuckGo announces funding awards for worthy open source projects
Google switches on Blogspot HTTPS by default, allowing admins and users an opportunity to encrypt their traffic
Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith promises to continue Boris Johnson's legacy with pro-tech policies, green tech hub, and broadband in tube…
Green Party candidate Sian Berry explains to TechWeekEurope how she would promote the tech sector, diversity within IT and use…
Google's DeepMind machine-learning business has been granted access to detailed live and historical data from the Royal Free NHS Trust
A 23-year-old man has been named as the culprit behind a data breach affecting 55 million voters
The FBI is to be given the authority to search suspect computer systems around the world if they use anonymisation…
Cloud vendors are bringing customer data closer, but does being covered by European data protection laws matter to you?
Department of Justice withdrew its appeal after being given the access code to unlock the device
The network's owner has been arrested on suspicion of supporting organised crime
Ian McEwan, VP EMEA, Egnyte, examines the difference between privacy and security, and how we can achieve both
British intelligence agencies have been bulk collecting our personal data to a “staggering extent”
Free, 'unlimited' 256-bit encrypted VPN comes with Opera's latest browser release as company says "everyone deserves to be private online"
Privacy champion? Apple's own figures reveal it nearly always compiles with US requests for user data
BlackBerry CEO calls Canadian police deal an "old story" and says it is right to comply with legal government requests
FBI asked judge to help install covert encryption-breaking software in 2003
Royal Canadian Mounted Police were reportedly able to read messages sent between BlackBerrys for at least a two year period…
As Microsoft sues US gov for the right to alert customers when their data is snooped upon, its cloud director…
Europe approves new system to gather data on all aeroplane passengers travelling to and from the EU
Box CEO Aaron Levie says there needs to be a discussion between the tech industry and authorities about digital regulation…
FBI reportedly paid “grey hat” hackers a one-off fee to crack the iPhone of a dead terrorist
Box Zones will launch in May, finally letting users store data in Ireland, Germany, Japan and Singapore, boosting privacy and…
Microsoft thinks new Safe Harbour 2.0 framework is a "clear framework that ensures key protections of EU citizens"
Only older iPhone models can be unlocked using current methods, FBI says, as debate rumbles on
Obama refuses to enter debate surrounding controversial draft bill, that will require tech firms to help crack encryption
Tinder's privacy comes into question as new service lets people find out who is using the application
Update to WhatsApp should protect users from government snooping and cybercriminals
The leaked database of detailed identity information previously circulated in the criminal underground