Policy & legislation

O2 and Virgin Mobile users will be exempt from paying the £2 daily fee that's being brought back by EE, Three and Vodafone

However, it appears Google has been working on product redesigns to circumvent the patents

Most also believe it should be made illegal to pay ransoms to hackers

The government hopes to clamp down on large cryptocurrency farms operating in the north of the country

Vodafone was originally set to reinstate the fees today

Data regulator CNIL gives companies three months to provide a system for refusing cookies that is as easy as single click consent

The country continues to gain oversight of its tech sector as it begins to implement laws proposed last year

The new tech has been delayed following concerns from the aviation industry around the C-Band 5G spectrum

The two separate data incidents occurred in 2016 and 2019 and concerned the investment bank's handling of legacy IT equipment

The company is seeking $500,000 from the unnamed threat actors that ran phishing scam on its platforms

The moves comes after it was removed from the New York Stock Exchange amid escalating US-China tensions

The government is spending more money to transform the country into a modern and leading digital economy by 2030

The government cited concerns around the Chinese government’s efforts to acquire US citizen personal data when making the recommendation

Limited technological capabilities and poor access to data are preventing investment in AI

The move comes two years after a massive scraping incident on Facebook that resulted in data leaking online

The legislation allows law enforcement to simplify the process of obtaining electronic data from another country

Anyone could scan the website's HTML code to reveal personal information belonging to users of the popular second-hand classified adverts website

The strategy prioritises investing in the UK's cyber skills, improving cyber security responses, and disrupting state-backed cyber attacks

The Norwegian DPA claims users' sexual orientations were exposed following the sale of data to third parties

The policy will only apply to Google’s 150,000 US employees

However, IT industry experts suggest Online Safety Bill proposals aren't clear enough for everyday users

The CMA says it will assess whether the merger is worthy of a full investigation

According to a recent report, the breaches affected more than 3,000 individuals