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Internet Watch Foundation welcomes ISP anti-child porn funding

News 19 Jun, 2013 Caroline Donnelly

BT, Sky, Talk Talk and Virgin Media have pledged £1m in additional funding to help clamp down on child pornography.

Spending

Gartner revises down global government IT spending forecast

News 18 Jun, 2013 Caroline Donnelly

Market watcher claims cloud, mobility and big data will be the focus of many government IT decision makers.

BBC Three call centre show firms fined £225,000 by ICO

News 18 Jun, 2013 Caroline Donnelly

Data protection watchdog raps companies for allegedly making nuisance, unsolicited calls.

North Korea claims surveillance leaks make US "kingpin" of rights abuse

News 18 Jun, 2013 Reuters

North Korea uses NSA Prism scandal to hit out at US.

Website blocking

ISPs to rollout default porn blocks by 2014, reveals MP

News 17 Jun, 2013 Caroline Donnelly

Internet service providers will need to provide switched-on parental filters as standard.

Offline

Google invests $7m in eradicating child abuse from the web

News 17 Jun, 2013 Caroline Donnelly

Search giant ploughs investment into organisations and technologies that will curtail online access to offensive content.

Web companies begin releasing surveillance information

News 17 Jun, 2013 Reuters

Details of PRISM requests start to come to light.

government

Government unveils Information Economy Strategy

News 14 Jun, 2013 Caroline Donnelly

Prime Minister uses G8 Innovation Summit to showcase efforts to boost UK's information economy.

PRISM: NSA to release details of thwarted attacks

News 14 Jun, 2013 Jane McCallion

Secretive agency preparing to release details showing programme’s positive impact

Foreign ties keep T-Mobile and Verizon out of US spying programme

News 14 Jun, 2013 Reuters

Telcos do not directly share data with NSA, but data likely stil monitored.

Doctor

NHS to spend additional £1.1bn on defunct project

News 13 Jun, 2013 Jane McCallion

CSC will receive total £2.2bn for NPfIT involvement

PRISM: US tech firms push for government transparency

News 12 Jun, 2013 Reuters

Google, Facebook and Microsoft request permission to disclose number and scope of data requests.

PRISM: William Hague refuses to confirm or deny GCHQ involvement

News 11 Jun, 2013 Jane McCallion

Intelligence services work within the law, Foreign Secretary insists.

David Cameron

David Cameron calls for online clamp down on child pornography

News 10 Jun, 2013 Caroline Donnelly

Prime Minister demands tougher stance from web giants on proliferation of child abuse content.

Tim Berners-Lee hits out at PRISM

News 10 Jun, 2013 Jane McCallion

Creator of world wide web calls NSA programme “deeply concerning”

Lawmakers and tech companies alarmed by NSA spying

News 10 Jun, 2013 Reuters

PRISM raises questions over domestic and international spying online.

government

UK government to invest £14.7 million in 3D printing projects

News 7 Jun, 2013 Rene Millman

UK businesses set to benefit from government financial boost.

Internet giants deny granting US government 'direct access' to servers

News 7 Jun, 2013 Reuters

Companies refute Washington Post allegations, deny knowledge of PRISM.

Shadows gathered around clock-based table

Civil servants waste three days a year waiting for PCs to boot up

News 5 Jun, 2013 Rene Millman

And they are getting overcharged for power cables too...

Data loss fine

ICO slams Stockport PCT with £100,000 fine

News 3 Jun, 2013 Jane McCallion

Confidential patient information left behind at former site.

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