New South Wales Police allegedly broke licensing agreement and shared software with other law enforcement agencies
News Regulation
London Marathon Faces ICO Investigation
Marathon organisers posted runners' details on official website
CSC Cuts 640 More Staff After Failed NHS Project
CSC staff on the failed NPfIT get compulsory redunancies
Oracle Lawyers Focus On Google Internal Emails
Oracle's questioning in its Google lawsuit has focused on establishing whether Google's Android project leader knew the company needed a licence to use Java
Facebook To Buy 650 AOL Patents From Microsoft
Social network gets second chance to acquire portfolio in £310m deal
Ministers Object To Default Porn Block
Ministers are already hinting that a proposal to censor the Internet by default is a dead duck
Martha Lane Fox Targets SMBs With Go ON UK
Broad partnership aims to get remaining eight million online
Ofcom To Probe Sky News Email Hacks
The comms regulator is looking into Sky News actions after it admitted hacking into the Darwins' emails
EU To Share Air Passenger Data With US
US Department of Homeland Security will be handed personal details including names, credit card details and phone numbers
Google, Apple To Face Employee-Poaching Antitrust Case
Google, Apple and others fail to get conspiracy charges dismissed
GCHQ Releases Two Secret Alan Turing Papers
Britain's top secret listening station, GCHQ, has released two mathematical papers written by codebreaker Alan Turing
MPs: GCHQ Snooping Law Makers Are Tech Idiots
Conservative and Lib Dem MPs bash other politicians' knowledge over the tech aspects of proposed controversial surveillance laws
MPs Call in Google, Facebook, ISPs For Snooping Law Briefing
MPs will meet with tech companies to discuss controversial new proposals
Calltrunk Launches ARGOsearch Phone Search Engine
Privacy issues are raised, when users can search recorded landline, mobile and Skype calls
ISPs And Privacy Groups Hit Out At Internet Porn Block Plans
Government plans have been labelled as ineffective and amount to censorship
New G-Cloud Leader Warns Government Unprepared For Cloud
Incoming G-Cloud leader has warned the government isn’t ready to make big bets on cloud
NAO Says Government Must Do More On Transparency
The Government is not maximising the benefits of public data releases says report
Sergey Brin: Apple, Facebook Comments ‘Distorted’
Sergey Brin says the media didn't give a wholly accurate representation of his thoughts
Millions Lose Ceefax In Digital Switchover
Real-time information service no longer available on TVs in London
MPs Want ISPs to Block Porn By Default
ISPs should be forced to provide a censored internet feed to protect children from "adult" content, say MPs
Tim Berners-Lee Slams ‘Dangerous’ Snooping Law
The inventor of the web says plans to store data open highly sensitive information up to abuse
Webpages Contain 14 Cookies Each
A month before the cookie laws come into force, research shows there are plenty of trackers running on businesses' websites
The USA Needs CISPA
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act is not as bad as the Internet community might think, says Wayne Rash
Oracle: Google ‘Knew It Was Doing The Wrong Thing’
In the opening statement of its trial against Google, Oracle has argued the search giant was aware it was using proprietary technology without permission to build Android
Consumer Groups Slate Google’s Tiny Wi-Spy Fine
Google's $25,000 FCC fine for "hypocritical" obstruction is small change, say critics
GE Healthcare Admits Sending NHS Patient Data To US
NHS IT Provider says 600,000 patients have no need to worry
Google Fined $25,000 By FCC For Impeding Street View Investigation
US agency FCC claims Google said that searching its own emails was too much hassle
Abortion Hacker Sentenced To 32 Months
James Jeffery pleads guilty to hacking BPAS website and records
Google’s Brin Warns Internet At Risk From China, Apple, Facebook
China has contained the Internet, and Facebook and Apple are restricting it, warns Google founder Sergey Brin
Great Firewall Of China Blocks All Foreign Sites Following Brief Hiccup
Update to national firewall suspected as cause of temporary foreign site blackout