UK plans Australia-style data retention regime
A U.K. counterterrorism bill would require ISPs to retain IP addresses in order to identify individual users of Internet services.
Loek Essers | 25 Nov | Read more
A U.K. counterterrorism bill would require ISPs to retain IP addresses in order to identify individual users of Internet services.
Loek Essers | 25 Nov | Read more
The NHS has suffered more than 7,000 data breaches in the last three years, a rising volume of incidents that will only be tackled when prison sentences are handed down for serious offences, a study by campaign group Big Brother Watch (BBW) has argued.
John E. Dunn | 15 Nov | Read more
More than one million school children in England have been fingerprinted, according to a report out today.
Privacy groups have urged a number of ISPs to withdraw their participation in the consultation on the controversial Communications Data Bill, criticising them for putting business interests ahead of customer privacy.
Matthew Finnegan | 23 Apr | Read more
It has been confirmed that the government has rejected plans to automatically block internet access to pornography on all computers to prevent children from watching it. The government says the move is not widely supported.
Antony Savvas | 18 Dec | Read more