Legal challenge seeks to ban ministers from using disappearing messages on apps such as WhatsApp and Signal over transparency fears

Advertiser setback? Apple confirms apps on its App Store will now have to carry labels explaining how user data will be used
Chinese networking giant calls for cybersecurity standards agreement as it opens Brussels facility
Russian firm to open ‘transparency centre’ in Switzerland to handle US and European data
Redmond also, for the first time ever, publishes national security letter used by government to obtain user data
But Yahoo says it will “fight any requests” that it deems unlawful or improper
New Microsoft transparency website reveals rising law enforcement and US intelligence data requests
Verizon to publish list of law enforcement requests twice a year, but says its hands are tied on security demands
Intel’s software executives are prompting the concept of “transparent computing” to app developers
BIS has partnered Google, Mastercard and others to help consumers access the data companies hold on them
Camfed volunteers are using mobile software to monitor the management of educational resources in Ghana
The Cabinet Office is exploring the possibility of a ‘freemium’ model for re-use of public data
The US can access EU financial data under an agreement designed to track terrorist funds
The Prime Minister has launched a new site in beta, giving the public regular access to internal government information