Policy & legislation

Binance claims the future is bright for digital tokens as a UN trade body warns cryptocurrencies may enable tax evasion

Failure to see the plan through will see the UK become the “low-skill, low growth backwater of the developed world”

It’s quite a big step to abandon the big three of Chrome, Edge and Safari for a niche option that doesn’t just tack privacy on top

Facial recognition and geolocation data will be matched against Home Office, Ministry of Justice and police databases

IP addresses from China and Russia were said to have been responsible for the attack

Experts urge a mentality shift, away from box-ticking compliance, to one that incorporates ease of use into the very fabric of web design

The European Commission will investigate whether developer fees and billing terms put forth by Google’s Play Store are adequate

However, the government is developing a new bill which it hopes to bring into law early next year

Rights campaigners argue that the increase in surveillance is unlawful and unjustified

Australia’s biggest telco was interfering with the 5G rollout of one of its rivals by registering various 900 MHz around the country at the start of t…

The UK data regulator has come under heavy fire for consistently delaying much-needed action, privacy groups say

Record investment in the sector has led to widespread implementation of safety measures, but rights groups and some experts still aren't convinced

Representatives from the two nations met last week to outline how they would cooperate on technology-related issues

Canadian privacy commissioners found that the coffee giant had tracked and recorded the movements of its app users every few minutes of the day, even …

Britain’s delay to empowering the Digital Markets Unit (DMU) with the powers it craves could see the once-frontrunner fall behind the rest of the worl…

Chinese tech mogul could delay Ant Group's IPO even further if he sells controlling stake in firm

Still on the fence about net neutrality? Here are both sides of the argument

Partitioning a single network can help relieve network congestion and increase security

This is part of the $1 billion it invested in Australia last November, and the tech giant hopes to explore fundamental questions about the nature of q…

The new hire stressed that data privacy is a human right as DataGrail looks to boost customer control

If your organisation collects people's data, you need to know how GDPR applies to your practices

The Japanese government is aiming to reinforce its chip supply chain following the semiconductor shortage over the past few years

Rights group Big Brother Watch has written to the Information Commissioner to “stop unlawful processing”